JSI Tip 1739. Error 1501 - Event logging?

Jerold Schulman

October 24, 1999

1 Min Read
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When you run the Event Viewer, you receive:

The Eventlog service on the local machine is not started.

Using Control Panel / Services / Eventlog / Start, you are greeted with:

Could not start the Eventlog service on \.
Error 1501: No event log file could be opened, so the event logging service did not start.

Insufficent permissions have been granted on the three log files in %SYSTEMROOT%SYSTEM32CONFIG.

You require Change permissions on the Folder and files. Grant either or all of the following:

 Admininstators - Change System - Change Everyone - Change

The default permissions on the %SystemRoot%System32Config folder, which I recommend, are:

 Administrators - Full Control Creator/Owner - Full Control Everyone - List Server Operators - List System - Full Control


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