XADM: Viewing Event Viewer Files On Other Computers

 Last reviewed: April 3, 1997
Article ID: Q152554
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0

SUMMARY

When you review Windows NT Event Viewer files on a different computer than the file was originally created on, you might see the following as part of the description: 

   The description for Event ID ( XXX ) in Source ( YYY ) could not be
   found. It contains the following insertion string(s): ZZZ
where XXX is the actual number for the event id, YYY is the service source name that logged the error, and YYY can be any string of data.

MORE INFORMATION

The above text appears when the Event Viewer cannot find the source file for the actual description of a message (usually a DLL). It can also occur when the message was generated by an installed service which is part of another component.

This problem is very common when viewing event log entries for instances of the Microsoft Exchange PCMTA. For example, if there is a particular Microsoft Exchange Server that has the MSMail Connector installed and has an instance of PCMTA called "MTA to Vancouver PO", and you try to view event log entries for this PCMTA on a different computer that does not have an instance with this same name, you will see the above description.

WORKAROUND

On a computer that has the MSMail Connector installed, create a temporary instance of "MTA to Vancouver PO". There is no need to configure or start the service.

-or-

Close and reopen the event viewer on the remote computer to refresh the screen.

Additional query words:
Keywords : kbinterop XADM
Version : 4.0 5.0
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 3, 1997
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