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I get an error event 1501 trying to start the Event Log service.
John Savill
November 23, 1999
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A. If when you try and start the Event log service you get error1501, unable to open Event log files this is usually caused by one of two things
The event log files are missing
The event log files have read only set on them
The event log files are stored in the %systemroot%system32config and arenamed appevent.evt, secevent.evt and sysevent.evt. If any files are missing trycopying from another machine and if the read only attribute is set remove viaExplorer.
It is possible to move the event log files and to check you are looking inthe correct place check the registry entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesEventLogApplicationFile
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesEventLogSecurityFile
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesEventLogSystemFile
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