Question

Unable To Start The Event Log Service

Asked by: pcmilk

I have a system running XP Pro and I am unable to view any of the event logs.  
When I select them I get: Unable to complete the operation on "Application" The interface is unknown.
I have tried restarting the services, overwriting services.exe, changing the path in the registry to wrap the imagepath with quotes, and there are no files in the system directory that shouldnt be there.

When I try to start the service up I get Error 193: 0xc1

Any help would be great.

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2008-07-22 at 13:36:35ID23586508
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Answers

 

by: pablovrPosted on 2008-07-22 at 13:47:01ID: 22063510

Hi, check this article (windows server 2003, though I would try it on xp as well):

"Unable to complete the operation on <event log>. Access is denied." error message when you try to access a log on a Windows Server 2003-based computer":
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888189

 

by: JonveePosted on 2008-07-22 at 14:05:20ID: 22063665

Try Start>Run> then type ..
sfc /scannow
You may be asked for your CD.

Details>
"How to use the scannow sfc tool in Windows XP":
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html

Presume you've tried this>
Can not start Event Viewer logs:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555632

 

by: pcmilkPosted on 2008-07-22 at 14:07:13ID: 22063683

Neither fix has worked.  The bottom article refered to NT but I tried it, still no fix.

 

by: JonveePosted on 2008-07-22 at 14:13:44ID: 22063734

Ok, then take a look at the comments in this previous thread by YarnoSG on 03.06.2003 >
<quote>
My solution was to boot to an alternate OS (In my case, ERD Commander) and move the .EVT files out of c:\winnt\system32\config; then I ran a CHKDSK.

A different solution would be to disable the event log, reboot, move the .EVT files (while the system is not trying to use them), then re-enable & re-start the event log. Then go the the event viewer; the system should re-create them, if it does not, your problem lies elsewhere.  
<unquote>

This may well work on XP, as he says.

"The interface is unknown":
http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/2000/Q_20540504.html

 

by: orangutangPosted on 2008-07-22 at 18:27:17ID: 22065317

 

by: pcmilkPosted on 2008-07-24 at 05:57:32ID: 22078563

Sorry folks, have tried all solutions so far with no luck.  still getting the error 193: 0xc1 when I try to start the service.  And the unknown interface when I try to view any logs.

 

by: JonveePosted on 2008-07-24 at 06:55:25ID: 22079102

It's worth reading this short report which just may have the answer>

"Error 193: 0xc1 ... ":
http://www.imeem.com/honeyvirus/blogs/2007/01/09/mkasQSb5/error_193_0xc1_resolved_for_sqlserveragent

 

by: pcmilkPosted on 2008-07-24 at 08:43:50ID: 22080405

Cant get to the last link from work, I will check it out when I get a chance.

 

by: JonveePosted on 2008-07-24 at 08:58:56ID: 22080592

Ok,fine.  Well here is an article for "Error 193: %1 is not a valid Win32 application":
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q812486

Here's another forum where the client renamed the file called 'program', and appears to have resolved the problem.  This result is similar to my earlier link  Although unusual, you may wish to search for a file by this name, and see if it helps>

Error 193: 0xc1 - Weird but solved!
http://www.brainlitter.com/archives/2006/07/error_193_0xc1.htm

Apart from these two suggestions, i must admit i'm beginning to run out of new ideas.

 

by: pcmilkPosted on 2008-07-24 at 13:03:19ID: 22082959

Finally figured out the problem.  After checking all those solutions you guys provided (and I thank you) it happened to be a 0Kb file "EventLog.dll" in the system32 folder that was causing all this headache.  I deleted the file and was able to start the service.  Once I started the service the file was automatically recreated and is already 55Kb at this time.

Thanks again for all your help.

 

by: pcmilkPosted on 2008-07-24 at 13:06:22ID: 31479108

Thanks for the help, this one was a real stumper.  Corrupted file it seems was the culperate.

 

by: JonveePosted on 2008-07-24 at 13:31:53ID: 22083254

You are very welcome, and thanks for the report!

 

by: pablovrPosted on 2008-07-24 at 14:34:32ID: 22083751

Thank you for your feedback!

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