Event ID: 3006 Periodically Logged to the Application Log

ID: Q246912

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

SYMPTOMS

After all the events in the Windows 2000 Event Viewer Application log are cleared, users may see messages periodically displayed in the Application log similar to:

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: EvntAgnt
Event Category: None
Event ID: 3006
Date: 11/21/1999
Time: 6:53:42 PM
User: N/A
Computer: Computer
Description:
Error reading log event record. Handle specified is 537928. Return code from ReadEventLog is 6.

NOTE: The handle specified may vary, but the return code should be 6.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when an invalid handle is used to read from the Application log. This behavior may occur after the Application log has been cleared or when the log periodically experiences heavy logging activity after it has been cleared.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

This event is only an informational message. Another handle to the event log is opened and the computer performs as expected.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv kberrmsg
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb