Article ID: 111720
Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
This article was previously published under Q111720
SYMPTOMS
When you start Event Viewer, the following error appears:
Then, after you start the Eventlog service from the Services section of Control Panel the following error message appears:
CAUSE
This error only occurs when the Windows NT system drive is formatted for NTFS. When the Eventlog Service starts, it opens three log files in the %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\CONFIG directory. If the system does not have the correct permissions, it cannot open and write the log files.
RESOLUTION
For these files to be opened successfully, Read and Write permission in this directory must be granted to the Administrators group, the System account, or the Everyone group. Any one of these three enables the system to function normally.
Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords: kbprb KB111720
