Event Viewer slow to load

[spencer1]

Lately, when I click Event Viewer in Administrative Tools, there is a spinning circle delay of 15 seconds, then an "Adding snap-in to console" box appears before the Event Viewer finally opens. Any ideas as to what's causing this annoyance?

 

[maxie]

Hi there .. I would think that is about normal just takes time depending on how many Windows Logs have to be loaded

 

[spencer1]

Thanks maxie, but I don't remember it taking that long before, and I've never seen the snap-in box appear until recently. Maybe this has something to do with that last round of Win7 updates?

 

[maxie]

Hi there Have you noticed any other problems since the latest Updates .. Count the number of Logs you have . And then we can see how they compare to mine.. Should be able to determine then if you have have any problems in that area.

 

[spencer1]

No other problems noticed. I actually purged the logs to see if it would improve load time. It didn't. Could be the snap-in process is causing this bugaboo.

 

[spencer1]

Lo & behold, my Event Viewer started loading properly yesterday. No delay and no snap-in message! Is it just a coincidence that Ballmer announced his retirement on the same day? lol

 

[maxie]

Could be .. Glad its sorted any how