RE: Access is Denied to Event Viewer logs

From: Aaron Young (AaronYoung_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/27/04 

Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 07:25:11 -0700

Hi Rashmi,

I am afraid the Administrator is not a member of the Guest group.

Thanks for the help anyway.

Regards,

Aaron

"Rashmi.K.Y [MSFT]" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Thank you for posting.
>
> I understand that the administrator is unable to view the event logs and
> the system displays error message.
>
> Please check if the administrator is the member of guest group. If yes,
> please remove the membership for administrator. Now check if you are able
> to view the logs.
>
> I hope the above information helps to resolve your issue. If there is
> anything unclear, please feel free to let me know. Thank you and have a
> nice day!
>
> Rashmi
>
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> | Hi,
> |
> | I don't know what has happened but the Administrator is not able to view
> the
> | logs in the Event Viewer except the Security log. When any of the logs
> are
> | selected (the Application log in this example), the message "Unable to
> | complete the operation on 'Application'. Access is denied".
> |
> | Any help on this will be greatly appreciated!!
> |
> | Regards,
> |
> | Aaron Young
> |
>
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