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The interface is unknown

I have had some problems with IIS and Norton Antivirus, and now I have uninstalled both.

But, when I try to open the Event Viewer, the error
'Unable to complete the operation on "System Log". The interface is unknown' appears.
Then the program starts, but if I click on a Log, the error is the same with the name of that log.

Since I think that resolving this problem I'll resolve the other two, what can I do?
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you should backup any personal data you need before trying this, but i think this should do the trick for you:
and you didn't mention your operating system, but since we're in the win2000 forum, i'll assume that's what we're dealing with. =)


performing an inplace upgrade of windows 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292175
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Oh... This is very *uhm* low level... eeheh

Let's give a try... (I'll tell you then...)
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BTW;  it would be to your advantage to not immediately delete the corrupt files;  they probably went corrupt for a reason, and if you rename them, but otherwise leave them in place, they will prevent another file from using the same area on the disk;  If the first part works, then run a chkdsk, and then, if it passes and you have no DISK errors in the system log THEN you can delete them.


HTH

-Steve
Thank you...
You saved me from the in-place solution...
And you also resolved my problems with IIS...
so which answer worked?;  I never got to try the second one because I did not think of it until *after* the first one worked....


-Steven Yarnot
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I have moved the EVT files...
Now I can read them anyway...

A full success..
FYI - A second solution that you may wish to look at:

If you have just recently loaded Win2K, and you get this error, go to the control panel and bring up the services applet.
Check that the Event Log service is set to AUTOMATIC.

I had this exact issue and found that my Event Log service was for some reason set to DISABLED. Once started, the system created the appropriate log files and all is well.

Cheers,
         -Red   < www.mikes2cents.com >