Stuff in the XP event log

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Graeme

[also posted to alt.windows-xp]

Hi All,

I have a new XP system (3GHz P4, 1G DDR, 120G HDD - specific details
available if needed) and have noticed a couple of things in the event log
which I don't understand.
Sometimes, when this system starts up, it has an error within explorer.exe.
Eventually the system comes up, but several icons in the right of the start
bar (don't know the correct name for these) are missing. Is there any way of
doing a selective startup like you could using msconfig in Win98?

Anyway, the following happens every time the PC is started;

Event Type: Information
Event Source: Sentinel
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
Date: 02/01/2004
Time: 15:39:01
User: N/A
Computer: *********
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 1 ) in Source ( Sentinel ) cannot be found.
The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or
message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be
able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and
Support for details. The following information is part of the event: .
Data:
0000: 00 00 23 00 01 00 7a 00 ..#...z.
0008: 00 00 00 00 01 00 07 40 .......@
0010: f8 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 ø.......
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 4e 54 53 49 4c 49 3a 44 NTSILI:D
0030: 72 69 76 65 72 45 6e 74 riverEnt
0038: 72 79 3a 73 79 73 4e 75 ry:sysNu
0040: 6d 4f 66 44 65 76 69 63 mOfDevic
0048: 65 73 00 es.

What _does_ this mean? Especially the bit about the remote computer.
TIA.
 
[also posted to alt.windows-xp]

Hi All,

I have a new XP system (3GHz P4, 1G DDR, 120G HDD - specific details
available if needed) and have noticed a couple of things in the event log
which I don't understand.
Sometimes, when this system starts up, it has an error within explorer.exe.
Eventually the system comes up, but several icons in the right of the start
bar (don't know the correct name for these) are missing. Is there any way of
doing a selective startup like you could using msconfig in Win98?

Anyway, the following happens every time the PC is started;

Event Type: Information
Event Source: Sentinel
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
Date: 02/01/2004
Time: 15:39:01
User: N/A
Computer: *********
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 1 ) in Source ( Sentinel ) cannot be found.
The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or
message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be
able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and
Support for details. The following information is part of the event: .
Data:
0000: 00 00 23 00 01 00 7a 00 ..#...z.
0008: 00 00 00 00 01 00 07 40 .......@
0010: f8 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 ø.......
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 4e 54 53 49 4c 49 3a 44 NTSILI:D
0030: 72 69 76 65 72 45 6e 74 riverEnt
0038: 72 79 3a 73 79 73 4e 75 ry:sysNu
0040: 6d 4f 66 44 65 76 69 63 mOfDevic
0048: 65 73 00 es.

What _does_ this mean? Especially the bit about the remote computer.
TIA.
Click to expand...

Clear the log and never look at it again unless you are having a
problem.Even William Styles wouldn't know ;-)



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Shep© said:
[also posted to alt.windows-xp]

Hi All,

I have a new XP system (3GHz P4, 1G DDR, 120G HDD - specific details
available if needed) and have noticed a couple of things in the event log
which I don't understand.
Sometimes, when this system starts up, it has an error within explorer.exe.
Eventually the system comes up, but several icons in the right of the start
bar (don't know the correct name for these) are missing. Is there any way of
doing a selective startup like you could using msconfig in Win98?

Anyway, the following happens every time the PC is started;

Event Type: Information
Event Source: Sentinel
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
Date: 02/01/2004
Time: 15:39:01
User: N/A
Computer: *********
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 1 ) in Source ( Sentinel ) cannot be found.
The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or
message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be
able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and
Support for details. The following information is part of the event: .
Data:
0000: 00 00 23 00 01 00 7a 00 ..#...z.
0008: 00 00 00 00 01 00 07 40 .......@
0010: f8 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 ø.......
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 4e 54 53 49 4c 49 3a 44 NTSILI:D
0030: 72 69 76 65 72 45 6e 74 riverEnt
0038: 72 79 3a 73 79 73 4e 75 ry:sysNu
0040: 6d 4f 66 44 65 76 69 63 mOfDevic
0048: 65 73 00 es.

What _does_ this mean? Especially the bit about the remote computer.
TIA.
Click to expand...

Clear the log and never look at it again unless you are having a
problem.Even William Styles wouldn't know ;-)



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Click to expand...

Well, I am having a small problem. Sometimes when the PC boots, it will
produce an error window saying that explorer.exe has had a problem. When I
OK this, the PC will continue to boot but several of those little icons at
the bottom right (in the startbar) are missing.
And quite often, OE/IE will not start and cause an 'application hang'
message in the event log.
 
Shep© said:
[also posted to alt.windows-xp]

Hi All,

I have a new XP system (3GHz P4, 1G DDR, 120G HDD - specific details
available if needed) and have noticed a couple of things in the event log
which I don't understand.
Sometimes, when this system starts up, it has an error within explorer.exe.
Eventually the system comes up, but several icons in the right of the start
bar (don't know the correct name for these) are missing. Is there any way of
doing a selective startup like you could using msconfig in Win98?

Anyway, the following happens every time the PC is started;

Event Type: Information
Event Source: Sentinel
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
Date: 02/01/2004
Time: 15:39:01
User: N/A
Computer: *********
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 1 ) in Source ( Sentinel ) cannot be found.
The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or
message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be
able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and
Support for details. The following information is part of the event: .
Data:
0000: 00 00 23 00 01 00 7a 00 ..#...z.
0008: 00 00 00 00 01 00 07 40 .......@
0010: f8 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 ø.......
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 4e 54 53 49 4c 49 3a 44 NTSILI:D
0030: 72 69 76 65 72 45 6e 74 riverEnt
0038: 72 79 3a 73 79 73 4e 75 ry:sysNu
0040: 6d 4f 66 44 65 76 69 63 mOfDevic
0048: 65 73 00 es.

What _does_ this mean? Especially the bit about the remote computer.
TIA.
Click to expand...

Clear the log and never look at it again unless you are having a
problem.Even William Styles wouldn't know ;-)



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Click to expand...

Well, I am having a small problem. Sometimes when the PC boots, it will
produce an error window saying that explorer.exe has had a problem. When I
OK this, the PC will continue to boot but several of those little icons at
the bottom right (in the startbar) are missing.
And quite often, OE/IE will not start and cause an 'application hang'
message in the event log.
Click to expand...

OK.
Try here,
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
HTH :)



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Shep© said:
Shep© said:
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 20:54:32 -0000 In this world we created "Graeme"

[also posted to alt.windows-xp]

Hi All,

I have a new XP system (3GHz P4, 1G DDR, 120G HDD - specific details
available if needed) and have noticed a couple of things in the event log
which I don't understand.
Sometimes, when this system starts up, it has an error within explorer.exe.
Eventually the system comes up, but several icons in the right of the start
bar (don't know the correct name for these) are missing. Is there any
Click to expand...
way
of
doing a selective startup like you could using msconfig in Win98?

Anyway, the following happens every time the PC is started;

Event Type: Information
Event Source: Sentinel
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
Date: 02/01/2004
Time: 15:39:01
User: N/A
Computer: *********
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 1 ) in Source ( Sentinel ) cannot be found.
The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or
message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be
able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see
Click to expand...
Help
and
Support for details. The following information is part of the event: .
Data:
0000: 00 00 23 00 01 00 7a 00 ..#...z.
0008: 00 00 00 00 01 00 07 40 .......@
0010: f8 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 ø.......
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 4e 54 53 49 4c 49 3a 44 NTSILI:D
0030: 72 69 76 65 72 45 6e 74 riverEnt
0038: 72 79 3a 73 79 73 4e 75 ry:sysNu
0040: 6d 4f 66 44 65 76 69 63 mOfDevic
0048: 65 73 00 es.

What _does_ this mean? Especially the bit about the remote computer.
TIA.



Clear the log and never look at it again unless you are having a
problem.Even William Styles wouldn't know ;-)



--
Free Windows/PC help,
http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html
email shepATpartyheld.de
Free songs download,
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/nomessiahsmusic.htm
Click to expand...

Well, I am having a small problem. Sometimes when the PC boots, it will
produce an error window saying that explorer.exe has had a problem. When I
OK this, the PC will continue to boot but several of those little icons at
the bottom right (in the startbar) are missing.
And quite often, OE/IE will not start and cause an 'application hang'
message in the event log.
Click to expand...

OK.
Try here,
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
HTH :)
Click to expand...

Well, I went for the re-install Repair option. Apart from the fact that the
first thing it did upon completion and re-booting was to;

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 03/01/2004
Time: 21:39:07
User: N/A
Computer: ************
Description:
Faulting application explorer.exe, version 6.0.2800.1106, faulting module
unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 65 78 70 ure exp
0018: 6c 6f 72 65 72 2e 65 78 lorer.ex
0020: 65 20 36 2e 30 2e 32 38 e 6.0.28
0028: 30 30 2e 31 31 30 36 20 00.1106
0030: 69 6e 20 75 6e 6b 6e 6f in unkno
0038: 77 6e 20 30 2e 30 2e 30 wn 0.0.0
0040: 2e 30 20 61 74 20 6f 66 .0 at of
0048: 66 73 65 74 20 30 30 30 fset 000
0050: 30 30 30 30 30 0d 0a 00000..

It's all going swimmingly. Thanks for the help BTW.
 
Shep© said:
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 20:54:32 -0000 In this world we created "Graeme"

[also posted to alt.windows-xp]

Hi All,

I have a new XP system (3GHz P4, 1G DDR, 120G HDD - specific details
available if needed) and have noticed a couple of things in the event log
which I don't understand.
Sometimes, when this system starts up, it has an error within
explorer.exe.
Eventually the system comes up, but several icons in the right of the
start
bar (don't know the correct name for these) are missing. Is there any way
of
doing a selective startup like you could using msconfig in Win98?

Anyway, the following happens every time the PC is started;

Event Type: Information
Event Source: Sentinel
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
Date: 02/01/2004
Time: 15:39:01
User: N/A
Computer: *********
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 1 ) in Source ( Sentinel ) cannot be
found.
The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or
message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be
able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help
and
Support for details. The following information is part of the event: .
Data:
0000: 00 00 23 00 01 00 7a 00 ..#...z.
0008: 00 00 00 00 01 00 07 40 .......@
0010: f8 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 ø.......
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 4e 54 53 49 4c 49 3a 44 NTSILI:D
0030: 72 69 76 65 72 45 6e 74 riverEnt
0038: 72 79 3a 73 79 73 4e 75 ry:sysNu
0040: 6d 4f 66 44 65 76 69 63 mOfDevic
0048: 65 73 00 es.

What _does_ this mean? Especially the bit about the remote computer.
TIA.



Clear the log and never look at it again unless you are having a
problem.Even William Styles wouldn't know ;-)



--
Free Windows/PC help,
http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html
email shepATpartyheld.de
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http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/nomessiahsmusic.htm

Well, I am having a small problem. Sometimes when the PC boots, it will
produce an error window saying that explorer.exe has had a problem. When I
OK this, the PC will continue to boot but several of those little icons at
the bottom right (in the startbar) are missing.
And quite often, OE/IE will not start and cause an 'application hang'
message in the event log.
Click to expand...

OK.
Try here,
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
HTH :)
Click to expand...

Well, I went for the re-install Repair option. Apart from the fact that the
first thing it did upon completion and re-booting was to;

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 03/01/2004
Time: 21:39:07
User: N/A
Computer: ************
Description:
Faulting application explorer.exe, version 6.0.2800.1106, faulting module
unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 65 78 70 ure exp
0018: 6c 6f 72 65 72 2e 65 78 lorer.ex
0020: 65 20 36 2e 30 2e 32 38 e 6.0.28
0028: 30 30 2e 31 31 30 36 20 00.1106
0030: 69 6e 20 75 6e 6b 6e 6f in unkno
0038: 77 6e 20 30 2e 30 2e 30 wn 0.0.0
0040: 2e 30 20 61 74 20 6f 66 .0 at of
0048: 66 73 65 74 20 30 30 30 fset 000
0050: 30 30 30 30 30 0d 0a 00000..

It's all going swimmingly. Thanks for the help BTW.
Click to expand...

The problem I've found with WinXP is all the background services that
most people don't need and the event log catches none critical
errors.I only investigate them now if there's something obviously
wrong with the system as life's too short<grin>.
Glad all is well :O)




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[loads of my useless waffle snipped]
The problem I've found with WinXP is all the background services that
most people don't need and the event log catches none critical
errors.I only investigate them now if there's something obviously
wrong with the system as life's too short<grin>.
Glad all is well :O)
Click to expand...

Well, it's not all well. But as you say, life's too short, so I'll make do
with a reboot when I get this explorer.exe error.
 
Well, it's not all well. But as you say, life's too short, so I'll make do
with a reboot when I get this explorer.exe error.
Click to expand...

Just in case do a full virus/trojan scan,


*************************************************************************************

Anti_virus/Trojan free
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
Firewall,
http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/
and also,"Spybot S&D",
http://security.kolla.de/
But also from time to time do an online AVS(Anti-Virus Scan)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/
and ATS(Anti Trojan Scan),
http://www.trojanscan.com/

HTH :)
************************************************************************



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Shep© said:
Just in case do a full virus/trojan scan,


****************************************************************************
*********

Anti_virus/Trojan free
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
Firewall,
http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/
and also,"Spybot S&D",
http://security.kolla.de/
But also from time to time do an online AVS(Anti-Virus Scan)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/
and ATS(Anti Trojan Scan),
http://www.trojanscan.com/
Click to expand...

Thanks for all of your help.
I have done a full virus scan, and a spybot search. The system has been
running 100% since my last post here. But today, explorer.exe had an
unexpected failure.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 07/01/2004
Time: 07:25:51
User: N/A
Computer: ********
Description:
Faulting application explorer.exe, version 6.0.2800.1221, faulting module
unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.

I just have to logoff and then back on again and all is well. It's a pain,
but there are worse things in life!
 
Thanks for all of your help.
I have done a full virus scan, and a spybot search. The system has been
running 100% since my last post here. But today, explorer.exe had an
unexpected failure.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 07/01/2004
Time: 07:25:51
User: N/A
Computer: ********
Description:
Faulting application explorer.exe, version 6.0.2800.1221, faulting module
unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.

I just have to logoff and then back on again and all is well. It's a pain,
but there are worse things in life!
Click to expand...

You can try the old Win95/98/ME trick.
Install the free MS TweakUI,
http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/tweakui.html
There's a version for XP
and then go through all it's,"Repair" options including the,"Repair
System Files" option and then re-boot.



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Shep© said:
You can try the old Win95/98/ME trick.
Install the free MS TweakUI,
http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/tweakui.html
There's a version for XP
and then go through all it's,"Repair" options including the,"Repair
System Files" option and then re-boot.
Click to expand...

Thanks, I'll gve that a try.
I've already done an Install-Repair, and tried underclocking. The error
doesn't happen that often (last night I was seeing how I could overclock and
rebooted many many times without this old explorer.exe error).
 
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