can't see events in event viewer

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when I looked at my event viewer this morning, they were all empty, but there
should be events there.
when I go in through RDP, click on system, events show up, but clicking on
application, then back to system they are gone?
 
Does the same behavior happen if you're doing it from the console of the
server? Because it may be a cosmetic behavior of RDP (Terminal Services).

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Hope this helps,
Mike Rosado
Windows 2000 MCSE + MCDBA
Microsoft Enterprise Platform Support
Windows NT/2000/2003 Cluster Technologies

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The temporary fix;
You might try changing the file properties to "Overwrite as needed"

Then; Control Panel|Administrative Tools|Services|Event Log Service|General,
set the "Startup Type:" to "Disabled" restart the pc, then delete (or move)
the corrupt *.evt file(s) from %windir%\system32\config then set the Event
Log Service "Startup Type:" back to "Automatic", restart for effect.

The more permanent fix;
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;829246&Product=win2000

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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| when I looked at my event viewer this morning, they were all empty, but
there
| should be events there.
| when I go in through RDP, click on system, events show up, but clicking on
| application, then back to system they are gone?
 
Thank you, I'll give that a shot. This did start happening after changing
the size and overwrite settings on the event logs.
 
You're welcome.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Thank you, I'll give that a shot. This did start happening after changing
| the size and overwrite settings on the event logs.
 
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