Yet Another Vista Issue...

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OK, here is another one. I see people are complaining, including myself,
that the Windows Event Viewer service doesn't start anymore. No one seems to
know how and why this happened? So, I will ask the question here. Does
anyone know why this would happen?

I'm about to pull out the Windows Me CD in a moment and go back in time...
 
Russ said:
OK, here is another one. I see people are complaining, including myself,
that the Windows Event Viewer service doesn't start anymore. No one seems
to know how and why this happened? So, I will ask the question here. Does
anyone know why this would happen?

I'm about to pull out the Windows Me CD in a moment and go back in time...
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Run Services.msc and see if the Windows Event Log service is running.
 
That is the problem, it is not and I have no way of figuring out why. I had
installed some updates that were released yesterday and now it doesn't work.
i'm thinking i should uninstall the updates, but who knows what will change
if i were to do that. Windows 98se...here i come!
 
....maybe start the service?


Russ said:
That is the problem, it is not and I have no way of figuring out why. I
had installed some updates that were released yesterday and now it doesn't
work. i'm thinking i should uninstall the updates, but who knows what will
change if i were to do that. Windows 98se...here i come!
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Russ

Is the Windows Event Log Service set as Automatic and has it
started? Start, Settings, Control Panel, Administrative Tools,
Services.

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Obviously I would start the service if it wasn't started. When I try to
start the service I get Error 4201: The instance name passed was not
recognized as valid by WMI data provider.
 
Have you installed Office or Outlook XP? I did run across a reference that
said someone had tracked their problem to SP3 for Outlook XP.
 
Don't go back to an obsolete operating system. There are many variations
of Linux available on Live CD's that are updated frequently and offer far
fewer problems than Vista to install and use. A number of my customers
are making the switch, or they are dual booting with XP. They are
impressed with the speed and true multitasking. I even put Windows XP in
a virtual machine in Linux, and even with it downloading and running its
own programs, I can run multiple programs in Linux and not notice any
slow down. Apparently Vista is a poorly designed operating system.

Windows 98se...here i come!
 
Bill said:
Don't go back to an obsolete operating system. There are many
variations
of Linux available on Live CD's that are updated frequently and offer
far
fewer problems than Vista to install and use. A number of my
customers
are making the switch, or they are dual booting with XP. They are
impressed with the speed and true multitasking. I even put Windows
XP in
a virtual machine in Linux, and even with it downloading and running
its
own programs, I can run multiple programs in Linux and not notice any
slow down. Apparently Vista is a poorly designed operating system.

Windows 98se...here i come!
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I run a linux system as my main too. I do all my work on it and I would
never change, but for the average computer user, you don't know what you're
talking about. They need the structure and simplicity and the "click" of
Windoze.

Perhaps in a couple of years? :)
 
I am running Office 2007. It is really annoying and so is this OS. Even as
an administrator, I am restricted in doing things. I have to modify the
security policies to get around something's. That is not right.
 
A couple of weeks ago, one of my customer's computers failed. I lent him
an older machine with PCLINUXOS on it (this machine was never licensed
for Windows and never will be). I took twenty minutes and showed him the
basics. He had the machine for 10 days, while he looked around for two
new machines. Yesterday, he brought it back. He said that he loved it
and his eleven year old was having a blast flipping between the 10
desktops (a little bit like channel surfing). He said that he bought two
machines with Vista on it. He had no other choice. There were no XP
machines left. He is already experiencing networking problems with the
two machines. His son's machine wont stay connected on the wireless. He
is seriously considering converting both machines to Linux. He said that
it was far easier to learn Linux than it was to learn Vista and his
eleven year old hates it. He told me that the machine I lent him was
really fast. I told him that it was an older machine (celeron 1200mhz)
and it was the operating system that made it seem fast. He told me that
it was faster than his brand new computers with Vista on it. I dont know
where you have been, but Linux is definitely ready for the desktop. When
my 9 year old nephew was visiting, I again showed him how to access the
games on Linux and how to get to use Pogo. He did not need any more
help. He used the Kde menu button and the browsers. People live down to
your expectations and the Windoze experience isn't very good anymore.
 
I have reinstalled Windows Xp twice on another customer's computer over
the last three years. This last time the operating system was corrupted
and even chkdsk could not restore it completely. Apparently his virus
program had expired and he didnt renew it. He works most of the time. I
recommended that he dual boot with Windows XP and Linux, using XP only
for playing his games and Linux for anything web related. Yesterday, he
came for his computer and again I spent thirty minutes showing him how to
use it. He loved Linux and the multiple desktops. He easily understood
everything that I showed him. His 256 meg celeron machine will never be
Vista ready but it is always Linux ready. He went home happy. Again,
people live down to our expectations.
 
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