event viewer is blank

[Craig]

Running Windows 2000 Server sp4. When I open up the event
viewer, it'll say '1,000' events or whatever the number
is, but it's completely blank. You can click on the
space where the events would be and each line will
highlight, but you can't open up anything. Any thoughts?

 

[Dave Patrick]

The temporary fix;
You might try changing the file properties to "Overwrite as needed"

Then; Control Panel|Administrative Tools|Services|Event Log Service|General,
set the "Startup Type:" to "Disabled" restart the pc, then delete (or move)
the corrupt *.evt file(s) from %windir%\system32\config then set the Event
Log Service "Startup Type:" back to "Automatic", restart for effect.

The more permanent fix;
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;829246&Product=win2000

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Regards,

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| Running Windows 2000 Server sp4. When I open up the event
| viewer, it'll say '1,000' events or whatever the number
| is, but it's completely blank. You can click on the
| space where the events would be and each line will
| highlight, but you can't open up anything. Any thoughts?