Hi,
Run an elevated command prompt, from the prompt run 'net start eventlog'.
What happens?
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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Windows help -
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"Alexander Burton " <alexb@nospam.blurg.net> wrote in message
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> Hi Rick,
>
> I had a look at it seems that the Performance Logs and Alerts service was
> indeed not running. However after starting it the day before yesteday, I
> looked today and it's still not working.
>
> After looking around in the services, I noticed that the Windows Event Log
> is not working either. When I go to the event viewer, I am presented with
> a particular nasty Event Log Service is unavailable error. Trying to
> start the Windows Event Log service resulted in a Error 3 : The system
> cannot find the path specified.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> alex.
>
>
> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:eQDgYsRIHHA.2632@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Alexander,
>>
>> From it's help files, this may contain a clue as to which dependency is
>> falling down:
>>
>> <quote>
>>
>> Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor combines the functionality of
>> previous stand-alone tools including Performance Logs and Alerts (PLA),
>> Server Performance Advisor (SPA), and System Monitor. It provides a
>> graphical interface for the customization of Data Collector Sets and
>> Event Trace Sessions.
>>
>> Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor consists of three monitoring
>> tools: Resource View, Performance Monitor, and Reliability Monitor. Data
>> collection and logging is performed using Data Collector Sets.
>>
>> <end>
>>
>> So those are the services that you need to make sure are either running,
>> or set to restart on failure.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Alexander Burton " <alexb@nospam.blurg.net> wrote in message
>> news:CC8DC44F-1276-4405-AA01-11A4AE46D5F6@microsoft.com...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am running Windows Vista Ultimate RTM and cannot seem to get the
>>> reliability monitor to work. Each time I go to it it states it's either
>>> not been running 24 hours or is corrupted and been reset.
>>>
>>> Can someone point me in the direction of the services I need to turn on
>>> / check to get this working? I don't want to reinstall if I can help it.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Alex.
>>
>