Microsoft KB Archive/249688

= Cannot Open Saved Event Log Files on Windows 2000 =

Article ID: 249688

Article Last Modified on 2/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

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This article was previously published under Q249688



SYMPTOMS
When you try to open the event log files that are active on a computer running Windows 2000 using the open log file feature, you receive the following error message:

Unable to complete the operation on "Saved  Log on  ". The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

If you try to open an event log file that you copy from the original file while the event log service is running, you may receive the following error message:

Unable to complete the operation on "Saved  Log on  ". The event log file is corrupted.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
You can open event log files using the Open Log File feature if they were saved using the Event Viewer Save Log File As command or the event log files were not in use or were not copied during use.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB249688

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