Event viewer troubles


  1. Posts : 13,354
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #1

    Event viewer troubles


    Looks like I'm in trouble, Event Viewer's not working. It gives me the message "Event Log service is unavailable. Please verify that the service is running." A google search was unsuccessful.
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  2. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #2

    Hi Johnathan,

    I had the samer exact problem. It seem to be a common problem. I corrected by using system restore.

    When I had Vista, I had some short cuts, one was for event viewer. When I transferred to Win 7, i used WET. When i clicked on the shortcut from Windows 7, I lost all my event viewer functionality.

    At that time, when I looked it up with Google, the cause of the problem, in that situation , was the deletion of system restore in the task manager. I do not understand how that could cause the problem, but that is what I found by Googling.

    Based upon what I learned in this forum, possibly you can reset it in services.

    I truly hope this helps.
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  3.    #3

    Have you turned off any other services?

    Start>right click Computer>Manage>Services

    scroll down to Windows Event Log Service, set to Automatic then Start it

    If dependency services are blocking start, try starting those.

    If this fails, run sfc /scannow to repair or replace any damaged system files.
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  4. Posts : 13,354
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #4

    gregrocker said:
    Have you turned off any other services?

    Start>right click Computer>Manage>Services

    scroll down to Windows Event Log Service, set to Automatic then Start it

    If dependency services are blocking start, try starting those.

    If this fails, run sfc /scannow to repair or replace any damaged system files.
    I tried the first and last suggestions, to no avail. What are dependency services?
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  5. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #5

    Jonathan

    Right click Windows event services, look at properties.

    Task scheduler and windows event collector
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  6.    #6

    At this point I would run a Repair Install

    If the problem remains then some setting, tweak or program is turning off the service.

    It could even be a virus, which needs to be eliminated as possibility by running Avast free home boot scan, and Spybot S&D in safe mode.
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  7. Posts : 222
    Windows 10/Windows 7 (My Idea- Virtual PC)
       #7

    Hi there - I've got the exact same error Mr King has... No help here in this thread, or in Google, or elsewhere on this site, I've searched all over, did not find any relevant threads: I'm going to post a new thread in the "Crashes and Debugging" forum - Since this problem is in fact a "crashing" problem:

    This has been happening in two separate installs of Windows 7 - One of them a "Without WAT" version I was fooling with, and the other a regular version of Windows 7 Ultimate - That one is legitimate and activated- BOTH versions are doing the exact same thing.

    This in fact has JUST happened - I was trying to get to the EVENT VIEWER - I got in, and was going through the entries, when suddenly the entire Event Viewer SERVICE crashed. Restarting it is no help, it simply will not open.

    The Event Gathering service, whatever system MS has shoved into Vist-Doodoo and Windows 7 to replace the "actually-working-and-easy-to-comprehend" event logging system that was in Windows XP Home/Pro/MCE and Server 2003: It is actually gathering DATA... But the system that shows the event viewer results, simply CRASHES after about three seconds of opening the Event Viewer Logs.

    Thanks, I'll be over in the Crashes and Debugging area with this.

    My system:

    "Brand" = XweAponX Brand (Ie, Made it Myself)

    CPU:
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core,
    2422 MHz (11.5 x 211) 4600+ [Actual CPU = Athlon 64 X2 4400+]
    Alias = Brisbane - CPU Stepping "BH-G2"

    Instruction Set:
    x86, x86-64, MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
    Original Clock 2300 MHz
    Min / Max CPU Multiplier 4.0x / 11.5x
    Engineering Sample No
    L1 Code Cache 64 KB per core (Parity)
    L1 Data Cache 64 KB per core (ECC)
    L2 Cache 512 KB per core (On-Die, ECC, Full-Speed)
    Multi CPU
    Motherboard ID TEMPLATE SE-Plus
    CPU #1 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+, 2421 MHz
    CPU #2 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+, 2421 MHz

    CPU Utilization
    CPU #1 / Core #1 1 %
    CPU #1 / Core #2 3 %

    MOTHERBOARD:
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus

    Nvidia MCP-61P:
    North Bridge: AMD Hammer DDR2 IMC
    South Bridge: nVIDIA nForce 6100-430 (MCP61P)

    MEMORY (And this is probably where my problem is...):
    DIMM1: Corsair Value Select VS1GB667D2
    DIMM2: Kingston 99U5316-010.A00LF

    Module Name:
    Corsair Value Select VS1GB667D2
    Serial Number 58053D55h (1430062424)
    Manufacture Date Week 21 / 2007
    Module Size 1 GB (2 ranks, 4 banks)
    Module Type Unbuffered DIMM
    Memory Type DDR2 SDRAM
    Memory Speed DDR2-667 (333 MHz)
    Module Width 64 bit
    Module Voltage SSTL 1.8
    Error Detection Method None
    Refresh Rate Reduced (7.8 us), Self-Refresh

    Memory Timings
    @ 333 MHz 5-5-5-15 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 19-35-3-5-3-3 (RC-RFC-RRD-WR-WTR-RTP)
    @ 266 MHz 4-4-4-12 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 15-28-2-4-2-2 (RC-RFC-RRD-WR-WTR-RTP)
    @ 200 MHz 3-3-3-9 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 11-21-2-3-2-2 (RC-RFC-RRD-WR-WTR-RTP)

    Module Name:
    Kingston 99U5316-010.A00LF
    Serial Number 0B3E1932h (840515083)
    Manufacture Date Week 16 / 2008
    Module Size 1 GB (2 ranks, 4 banks)
    Module Type Unbuffered DIMM
    Memory Type DDR2 SDRAM
    Memory Speed DDR2-667 (333 MHz)
    Module Width 64 bit
    Module Voltage SSTL 1.8
    Error Detection Method None
    Refresh Rate Reduced (7.8 us), Self-Refresh

    Memory Timings
    @ 333 MHz 5-5-5-15 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 20-35-3-5-3-3 (RC-RFC-RRD-WR-WTR-RTP)
    @ 266 MHz 4-4-4-12 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 16-28-2-4-2-2 (RC-RFC-RRD-WR-WTR-RTP)
    @ 200 MHz 3-3-3-9 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 12-21-2-3-2-2 (RC-RFC-RRD-WR-WTR-RTP)

    GRAPHICS:
    PCI Express 1.0 x16: ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro -
    ATI CrossFire

    Graphics Processor Properties
    Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro
    BIOS Version 010.060.000.000.025014
    BIOS Date 07/31/07 05:41
    GPU Code Name RV610
    Part Number 113-AB1690x-xxx
    PCI Device 1002-94C3 / 1787-2232 (Rev 00)
    Transistors 180 million
    Process Technology 65 nm
    Die Size 82 mm2
    Bus Type PCI Express 1.0 x16 @ x16
    Memory Size 256 MB
    GPU Clock 520 MHz (original: 525 MHz)
    RAMDAC Clock 400 MHz
    Pixel Pipelines 4
    TMU Per Pipeline 1
    Unified Shaders 40 (v4.0)
    DirectX Hardware Support DirectX v10
    Pixel Fillrate 2080 MPixel/s
    Texel Fillrate 2080 MTexel/s

    Memory Bus Properties
    Bus Type DDR2
    Bus Width 64-bit
    Real Clock 328 MHz (DDR) (original: 330 MHz)
    Effective Clock 657 MHz
    Bandwidth 5256 MB/s

    Miscellaneous
    Fan Speed 27%
    Utilization 0%

    ATI PowerPlay (BIOS)
    State #1 GPU: 525 MHz, Memory: 330 MHz (Boot)
    State #2 GPU: 525 MHz, Memory: 330 MHz (OverDrive)
    State #3 GPU: 525 MHz, Memory: 330 MHz


    Memory Benchmark Results:

    EVEREST v4.20.1257

    Benchmark Module 2.3.218.0
    Homepage: http://www.lavalys.com/
    Report Type: Report Wizard
    Computer: XWEAPONX-PC
    Generator: XweAponX
    Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 6.1.7600
    Date: 2010-02-14
    Time: 15:54

    MEMORY READ:

    Athlon64 X2 4600+ 2422 MHz Asus M2N-MX SE Plus nForce6100-430 Dual DDR2-692 5-5-5-15 CR2
    5387 MB/s

    MEMORY WRITE:

    Athlon64 X2 4600+ 2422 MHz Asus M2N-MX SE Plus nForce6100-430 Dual DDR2-692 5-5-5-15 CR2
    6222 MB/s

    MEMORY COPY:

    Athlon64 X2 4600+ 2422 MHz Asus M2N-MX SE Plus nForce6100-430 Dual DDR2-692 5-5-5-15 CR2
    5007 MB/s

    MEMORY LATENCY:

    Athlon64 X2 4600+ 2422 MHz Asus M2N-MX SE Plus nForce6100-430 Dual DDR2-692 5-5-5-15 CR2
    61.8 ns
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  8. Posts : 13,354
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #8

    XweAponX said:
    Hi there - I've got the exact same error Mr King has...
    Hello,

    I kind of forgot about the problem, but after I reinstalled Windows, the problem disappeared. Have you tried Greg's suggestion above, to do a Repair Install?


    Repair Install
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