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here is an answer to this question<br />
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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20411537/System-event-viewer-is-corrupted.html?query=event+viewer+empty&searchType=topic" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20411537/System-event-viewer-is-corrupted.html?query=event+viewer+empty&searchType=topic</a>
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here is an answer to this question

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20411537/System-event-viewer-is-corrupted.html?query=event+viewer+empty&searchType=topic [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20411537/System-event-viewer-is-corrupted.html?query=event+viewer+empty&searchType=topic]

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Go to Control Panel/Administration/Servi<wbr />ces, set the Event Log service to &quot;disabled&quot;; reboot.<br />
Go to C:\WINNT\system32\config, move the .evt files to a different location (or delete them); set the Event Log service to &quot;automatic&quot; again; reboot.<br />

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Go to Control Panel/Administration/Services, set the Event Log service to "disabled"; reboot.
Go to C:\WINNT\system32\config, move the .evt files to a different location (or delete them); set the Event Log service to "automatic" again; reboot.


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i tired that and it didn't work, any other suggestions?
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i tired that and it didn't work, any other suggestions?

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start, stop, restart, pause, and resume are all grayed out on the event service.
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start, stop, restart, pause, and resume are all grayed out on the event service.

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When the same thing happened on my Domain Controller, all I did was right click on each, and 'Clear all Events'. Took care of the issue.
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When the same thing happened on my Domain Controller, all I did was right click on each, and 'Clear all Events'. Took care of the issue.

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Try this MS KnowledgeBase article:<br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb</a>;[LN];829246
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Try this MS KnowledgeBase article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb];[LN];829246

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hi,<br />
I checked my event viewer this morning and all the logs are empty. &nbsp;If i open the evt file, there is garbled text in it b/c i am opening it in notepad instead of a evt viewer. &nbsp;Anyone know how to get my event viewer back?
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hi,
I checked my event viewer this morning and all the logs are empty.  If i open the evt file, there is garbled text in it b/c i am opening it in notepad instead of a evt viewer.  Anyone know how to get my event viewer back?

my whole event viewer is empty

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