Microsoft KB Archive/125573

= Event Viewer Does Not Report System Log Errors Correctly =

Article ID: 125573

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5

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This article was previously published under Q125573



SYMPTOMS
Error and warning messages are not correctly handled by the System Log. When you attempt to view a message in Event Viewer, the following is displayed:

The description for event id (x) in source (XXX) could not be found...".



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Workstation and Windows NT Server version 3.5. This problem was corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.5. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

  S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords: KB125573

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