Event Log Service Problems Not Starting

[Guest]

Hello,

I performed a clean install of Windows Vista Business and after running all
the updates I relized my Event Log Stopped working. When executing the Event
Log I was greeted with the error service not started, please start.

Upon manually trying to execute it from the Services.msc I am greeted with
this error:

Windows could not start the event service on the local computer
Error 4201: The instance passed was not recognized as valid by a WMI data
provider.

This is quite frustrating as I really need this service installed.

As a side note, another engineer I work with installed Vista Business on his
laptop (Compaq NC6120) the same exact model as mine, and his event viewer
works but he hasn't installed any updates I am curious to see if the event
vieweer will work when the updates are installed. I cannot confirm the event
viewer was working fro mthe beginning I only tried it a hour or so again.

I believe this is an on going problems as I have seen many people have
complained about the same problem but none have found any retification for it.

Thanks,

 

[Jonathan Yaniv]

Hello,

Push the windows key + R, and type "services.msc", then, scroll down till
you find the Event Log service, Windows Error Reporting, and right click,
and select "Start"

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[Max]

That will, unfortunately, result in the same error message:
"Error 4201: The instance passed was not recognized as valid by a WMI data
provider."

I, for one, have found neither a cause nor a cure for this.

 

[Guest]

Hello,

This results in the same error I mentioned below :

Can you please provide furhter assistance?

Max, are you experiencing this error as well?

 

[Adam Albright]

Hello,

This results in the same error I mentioned below :


Can you please provide furhter assistance?

Max, are you experiencing this error as well?

Me too, all the time, according the the Event Log, almost daily. But
regardless it DOES write to the Event Log as witness I already have a
couple hundred entries and Vista is just a week old. Thankfully most
"events" are just informational in nature.

 

[Guest]

Seems this is a problem quite a few people are experiencing in Vista, can
anyone else possibly shed some light on resloving it?

 

[Guest]

I have it as well, and seems to be since the Tues patch updates. Happened
right after it.

 

[Max]

Yes, and after much trial and error troubleshooting, I just gave up on it,
disabled event viewer and scheduled tasks (which go hand in hand) in
Services, and use a third party task scheduler instead. It showed up early
for me after a fresh Vista installation--seemingly related to the install
(or at least around the time) of either Office 2007 or WMDC.

 

[Guest]

I relized to after the updates, but this is crazy. You mean MS updates their
products and stops another product from working sigh. Come on I've heard so
many good things about the new Event Viewer and I am quite axious to try it.

What's your take on this guys? I'd like to use the native event logging
software along with the task scheduler, without having to download 3rd party
applications.

Has Microsoft advised that this is an issue or fault ontheir part as a
result of updating ?

 

[Guest]

Have you run System Restore?

My event log ran fine after all the windows updates, but began to return
"error 4201" immediately after I ran System Restore.

 

[Guest]

Nope, event log still screwed.... alot of people are expericing this tho

 

[Guest]

Nope, event log still screwed.... alot of people are expericing this tho

Just to clarify . . .

I am suggesting that System Restore is causing this problem, not that you
can correct the problem by using System Restore.