I have no logs in the Event Viewer: do I have a corrupt file somew

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no matter how many times I reboot the windows 2k prof workstation, no matter
how many times I clear the existing logs (sec, applic and system), referesh,
reopen the event viewer window, the logs do not appear. I also restored the
event viewer defaults, thinking may be I changed something in the past, but
that did not help either.
I am not able to troubleshoot problems like this, as I am unable to see what
has been logged (if anything).
At some point I did see that in the system logs, it showed me some kbytes of
content (in the status bar) and I did see that I was "offered" to scroll
down, as if I had the complete list of events in front of me, but I don't.
There is nothing to see in the right screen, only in the left screen there
are the 3 main log types.
Any help please?
Thanks, Eric.

 

[Dave Patrick]

The files may be corrupt. Control Panel|Services|Event Log Service|General,
set the "Startup Type:" to "Disabled" restart the pc, then delete (or move)
the corrupt SysEvent.Evt, SecEvent.Evt, or AppEvent.Evt from
%systemroot%\system32\config then set the Event Log Service "Startup Type:"
back to "Automatic", restart for effect.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| no matter how many times I reboot the windows 2k prof workstation, no
matter
| how many times I clear the existing logs (sec, applic and system),
referesh,
| reopen the event viewer window, the logs do not appear. I also restored
the
| event viewer defaults, thinking may be I changed something in the past,
but
| that did not help either.
| I am not able to troubleshoot problems like this, as I am unable to see
what
| has been logged (if anything).
| At some point I did see that in the system logs, it showed me some kbytes
of
| content (in the status bar) and I did see that I was "offered" to scroll
| down, as if I had the complete list of events in front of me, but I don't.
| There is nothing to see in the right screen, only in the left screen there
| are the 3 main log types.
| Any help please?
| Thanks, Eric.

 

[Mark-Allen Perry]

Patrick,

I see he posted again on the 20th.

{sigh....}

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Mark-Allen Perry
ALPHA Systems
Marly, Switzerland
mark-allen_AT_mvps_DOT_org

The files may be corrupt. Control Panel|Services|Event Log Service|General,
set the "Startup Type:" to "Disabled" restart the pc, then delete (or move)
the corrupt SysEvent.Evt, SecEvent.Evt, or AppEvent.Evt from
%systemroot%\system32\config then set the Event Log Service "Startup Type:"
back to "Automatic", restart for effect.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| no matter how many times I reboot the windows 2k prof workstation, no
matter
| how many times I clear the existing logs (sec, applic and system),
referesh,
| reopen the event viewer window, the logs do not appear. I also restored
the
| event viewer defaults, thinking may be I changed something in the past,
but
| that did not help either.
| I am not able to troubleshoot problems like this, as I am unable to see
what
| has been logged (if anything).
| At some point I did see that in the system logs, it showed me some kbytes
of
| content (in the status bar) and I did see that I was "offered" to scroll
| down, as if I had the complete list of events in front of me, but I don't.
| There is nothing to see in the right screen, only in the left screen there
| are the 3 main log types.
| Any help please?
| Thanks, Eric.