Microsoft Management Console has encountered a problem and needs to close

[kul2bme]

When I select Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Component Sevices I
get this error immediately. This occurred with MMC 2.0 so I upgraded to
MMC 3.0 with the same result. This only happens when I select Component
Services. Any suggestions?

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Please post copies of any Warnings / Error Reports in the System and
Application logs in Event Viewer for when the error occurs. Disregard
Information Reports. Force the error if needs must.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you
should double click for further information. You can copy using copy
and paste. Often the link will, however, say there is no further
information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event Viewer.
Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the
message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event
Viewer.

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Regards.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[kul2bme]

This is the message from the event log:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Microsoft Management Console
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 1/5/2007
Time: 5:48:33 PM
User: N/A
Computer: WESTINNOVATIONS
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 1000 ) in Source ( Microsoft Management
Console ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the
necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages
from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to
retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The
following information is part of the event: mmc.exe, 5.2.3790.2612,
msvcrt.dll, 7.0.2600.2180, 00038081.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 6d 6d 63 ure mmc
0018: 2e 65 78 65 20 35 2e 32 .exe 5.2
0020: 2e 33 37 39 30 2e 32 36 .3790.26
0028: 31 32 20 69 6e 20 6d 73 12 in ms
0030: 76 63 72 74 2e 64 6c 6c vcrt.dll
0038: 20 37 2e 30 2e 32 36 30 7.0.260
0040: 30 2e 32 31 38 30 20 61 0.2180 a
0048: 74 20 6f 66 66 73 65 74 t offset
0050: 20 30 30 30 33 38 30 38 0003808
0058: 31 0d 0a 1..

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Do you have Windows XP Professional or Windows Server 2003. If yes
read this link:
Detailed Usage of the Event Viewer /AUXSOURCE Switch Option
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312216/en-us

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~