Reliability Monitor

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Alexander Burton

Hello,

I am running Windows Vista Ultimate RTM and cannot seem to get the
reliability monitor to work. Each time I go to it it states it's either not
been running 24 hours or is corrupted and been reset.

Can someone point me in the direction of the services I need to turn on /
check to get this working? I don't want to reinstall if I can help it.

Thanks,

Alex.
 
Hi Alexander,

From it's help files, this may contain a clue as to which dependency is
falling down:

<quote>

Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor combines the functionality of
previous stand-alone tools including Performance Logs and Alerts (PLA),
Server Performance Advisor (SPA), and System Monitor. It provides a
graphical interface for the customization of Data Collector Sets and Event
Trace Sessions.

Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor consists of three monitoring
tools: Resource View, Performance Monitor, and Reliability Monitor. Data
collection and logging is performed using Data Collector Sets.

<end>

So those are the services that you need to make sure are either running, or
set to restart on failure.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Hi Rick,

I had a look at it seems that the Performance Logs and Alerts service was
indeed not running. However after starting it the day before yesteday, I
looked today and it's still not working.

After looking around in the services, I noticed that the Windows Event Log
is not working either. When I go to the event viewer, I am presented with a
particular nasty Event Log Service is unavailable error. Trying to start
the Windows Event Log service resulted in a Error 3 : The system cannot find
the path specified.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

alex.
 
Hi,

Run an elevated command prompt, from the prompt run 'net start eventlog'.
What happens?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Hi Rick,

Running an elevated cmd prompt by choosing it from the menu, right clicking
and selecting run as administrator gives the following output:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>net start eventlog
The Windows Event Log service is starting.
The Windows Event Log service could not be started.

A system error has occurred.

System error 3 has occurred.

The system cannot find the path specified.


C:\Windows\system32>


Not looking good is it? :(

Alex.
 
Hi Rick,

Running an elevated cmd prompt by choosing it from the menu, right clicking
and selecting run as administrator gives the following output:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>net start eventlog
The Windows Event Log service is starting.
The Windows Event Log service could not be started.

A system error has occurred.

System error 3 has occurred.

The system cannot find the path specified.


C:\Windows\system32>


Not looking good is it? :(

Alex.
 
Hi Alexander,

Sounds like it is having trouble invoking a file, from that same elevated
prompt, run sfc /scannow. The file may be corrupt.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Alexander Burton said:
Hi Rick,

Running an elevated cmd prompt by choosing it from the menu, right
clicking
and selecting run as administrator gives the following output:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>net start eventlog
The Windows Event Log service is starting.
The Windows Event Log service could not be started.

A system error has occurred.

System error 3 has occurred.

The system cannot find the path specified.


C:\Windows\system32>


Not looking good is it? :(

Alex.


Rick Rogers said:
Hi,

Run an elevated command prompt, from the prompt run 'net start eventlog'.
What happens?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
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C:\Windows\system32>sfc /scannow

Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 98% complete.
Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

Still no luck. Any other ideas or is a reinstall on the cards?

Thanks

Alex.

Rick Rogers said:
Hi Alexander,

Sounds like it is having trouble invoking a file, from that same elevated
prompt, run sfc /scannow. The file may be corrupt.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Alexander Burton said:
Hi Rick,

Running an elevated cmd prompt by choosing it from the menu, right
clicking
and selecting run as administrator gives the following output:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>net start eventlog
The Windows Event Log service is starting.
The Windows Event Log service could not be started.

A system error has occurred.

System error 3 has occurred.

The system cannot find the path specified.


C:\Windows\system32>


Not looking good is it? :(

Alex.


Rick Rogers said:
Hi,

Run an elevated command prompt, from the prompt run 'net start
eventlog'.
What happens?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi Rick,

I had a look at it seems that the Performance Logs and Alerts service
was
indeed not running. However after starting it the day before yesteday,
I
looked today and it's still not working.

After looking around in the services, I noticed that the Windows Event
Log is not working either. When I go to the event viewer, I am
presented
with a particular nasty Event Log Service is unavailable error. Trying
to start the Windows Event Log service resulted in a Error 3 : The
system
cannot find the path specified.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

alex.


Hi Alexander,

From it's help files, this may contain a clue as to which dependency
is
falling down:

<quote>

Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor combines the functionality
of previous stand-alone tools including Performance Logs and Alerts
(PLA), Server Performance Advisor (SPA), and System Monitor. It
provides
a graphical interface for the customization of Data Collector Sets and
Event Trace Sessions.

Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor consists of three
monitoring
tools: Resource View, Performance Monitor, and Reliability Monitor.
Data
collection and logging is performed using Data Collector Sets.

<end>

So those are the services that you need to make sure are either
running,
or set to restart on failure.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hello,

I am running Windows Vista Ultimate RTM and cannot seem to get the
reliability monitor to work. Each time I go to it it states it's
either
not been running 24 hours or is corrupted and been reset.

Can someone point me in the direction of the services I need to turn
on
/ check to get this working? I don't want to reinstall if I can help
it.

Thanks,

Alex.
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Hi Alexander,

No, it's not looking good. I was hoping it was a corrupt file, and the file
checker would have caught that in the comparisons. Check for the existence
of the following files in the \system32 folder:

eventcls.dll
eventcreate.exe
eventviewer_eventdetails.xsl
eventvwr.exe
eventvwr.msc

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Alexander Burton said:
C:\Windows\system32>sfc /scannow

Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 98% complete.
Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

Still no luck. Any other ideas or is a reinstall on the cards?

Thanks

Alex.

Rick Rogers said:
Hi Alexander,

Sounds like it is having trouble invoking a file, from that same elevated
prompt, run sfc /scannow. The file may be corrupt.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Alexander Burton said:
Hi Rick,

Running an elevated cmd prompt by choosing it from the menu, right
clicking
and selecting run as administrator gives the following output:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>net start eventlog
The Windows Event Log service is starting.
The Windows Event Log service could not be started.

A system error has occurred.

System error 3 has occurred.

The system cannot find the path specified.


C:\Windows\system32>


Not looking good is it? :(

Alex.


Hi,

Run an elevated command prompt, from the prompt run 'net start
eventlog'.
What happens?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi Rick,

I had a look at it seems that the Performance Logs and Alerts service
was
indeed not running. However after starting it the day before yesteday,
I
looked today and it's still not working.

After looking around in the services, I noticed that the Windows Event
Log is not working either. When I go to the event viewer, I am
presented
with a particular nasty Event Log Service is unavailable error.
Trying
to start the Windows Event Log service resulted in a Error 3 : The
system
cannot find the path specified.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

alex.


Hi Alexander,

From it's help files, this may contain a clue as to which dependency
is
falling down:

<quote>

Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor combines the
functionality
of previous stand-alone tools including Performance Logs and Alerts
(PLA), Server Performance Advisor (SPA), and System Monitor. It
provides
a graphical interface for the customization of Data Collector Sets
and
Event Trace Sessions.

Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor consists of three
monitoring
tools: Resource View, Performance Monitor, and Reliability Monitor.
Data
collection and logging is performed using Data Collector Sets.

<end>

So those are the services that you need to make sure are either
running,
or set to restart on failure.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hello,

I am running Windows Vista Ultimate RTM and cannot seem to get the
reliability monitor to work. Each time I go to it it states it's
either
not been running 24 hours or is corrupted and been reset.

Can someone point me in the direction of the services I need to turn
on
/ check to get this working? I don't want to reinstall if I can help
it.

Thanks,

Alex.
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Hi Rick,

They were all there. I bit the bullet on Christmas Eve and reinstalled. All
is working fine now.

Thanks for the assistance.

alex.

Rick Rogers said:
Hi Alexander,

No, it's not looking good. I was hoping it was a corrupt file, and the
file checker would have caught that in the comparisons. Check for the
existence of the following files in the \system32 folder:

eventcls.dll
eventcreate.exe
eventviewer_eventdetails.xsl
eventvwr.exe
eventvwr.msc

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Alexander Burton said:
C:\Windows\system32>sfc /scannow

Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 98% complete.
Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

Still no luck. Any other ideas or is a reinstall on the cards?

Thanks

Alex.

Rick Rogers said:
Hi Alexander,

Sounds like it is having trouble invoking a file, from that same
elevated prompt, run sfc /scannow. The file may be corrupt.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi Rick,

Running an elevated cmd prompt by choosing it from the menu, right
clicking
and selecting run as administrator gives the following output:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>net start eventlog
The Windows Event Log service is starting.
The Windows Event Log service could not be started.

A system error has occurred.

System error 3 has occurred.

The system cannot find the path specified.


C:\Windows\system32>


Not looking good is it? :(

Alex.


Hi,

Run an elevated command prompt, from the prompt run 'net start
eventlog'.
What happens?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi Rick,

I had a look at it seems that the Performance Logs and Alerts service
was
indeed not running. However after starting it the day before
yesteday, I
looked today and it's still not working.

After looking around in the services, I noticed that the Windows
Event
Log is not working either. When I go to the event viewer, I am
presented
with a particular nasty Event Log Service is unavailable error.
Trying
to start the Windows Event Log service resulted in a Error 3 : The
system
cannot find the path specified.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

alex.


Hi Alexander,

From it's help files, this may contain a clue as to which dependency
is
falling down:

<quote>

Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor combines the
functionality
of previous stand-alone tools including Performance Logs and Alerts
(PLA), Server Performance Advisor (SPA), and System Monitor. It
provides
a graphical interface for the customization of Data Collector Sets
and
Event Trace Sessions.

Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor consists of three
monitoring
tools: Resource View, Performance Monitor, and Reliability Monitor.
Data
collection and logging is performed using Data Collector Sets.

<end>

So those are the services that you need to make sure are either
running,
or set to restart on failure.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hello,

I am running Windows Vista Ultimate RTM and cannot seem to get the
reliability monitor to work. Each time I go to it it states it's
either
not been running 24 hours or is corrupted and been reset.

Can someone point me in the direction of the services I need to
turn on
/ check to get this working? I don't want to reinstall if I can
help
it.

Thanks,

Alex.
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