Nothing Being Logged in Event Viewer

[samuel]

Hi,

A colleague of mine encountered a strange problem on a Windows 2000 Server
SP4 machine - Not a single event has been logged. Even a server reboot will
not log anything in the System Log. The server has been patched to the
latest security patches.

Has anyone encountered this before? Thanks.

regards,
Sam
(e-mail address removed)

 

[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,

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


:
| Hi,
|
| A colleague of mine encountered a strange problem on a Windows 2000 Server
| SP4 machine - Not a single event has been logged. Even a server reboot
will
| not log anything in the System Log. The server has been patched to the
| latest security patches.
|
| Has anyone encountered this before? Thanks.
|
| regards,
| Sam
| (e-mail address removed)
|
|