Microsoft KB Archive/246912

= Event ID: 3006 Periodically Logged to the Application Log =

Article ID: 246912

Article Last Modified on 3/2/2007

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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 Q246912



SYMPTOMS
After all the events in the Windows 2000 Event Viewer Application log are cleared, users may see messages periodically displayed in the Application log similar to:

Event Type: Warning

Event Source: EvntAgnt

Event Category: None

Event ID: 3006

Date: 11/21/1999

Time: 6:53:42 PM

User: N/A

Computer: Computer

Description:

Error reading log event record. Handle specified is 537928. Return code from ReadEventLog is 6.

NOTE: The handle specified may vary, but the return code should be 6.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when an invalid handle is used to read from the Application log. This behavior may occur after the Application log has been cleared or when the log periodically experiences heavy logging activity after it has been cleared.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000.



MORE INFORMATION
This event is only an informational message. Another handle to the event log is opened and the computer performs as expected.

Keywords: kbenv kberrmsg kbprb KB246912

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