Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Solution | Windows event log service Error 5: Access is Denied

Error :

Windows event log service Error 5: Access is Denied

Error message when attempting to start the Windows Event Log Service: "Access denied


I went thru below articles with NO LUCK.

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28046356/Windows-2008-Event-Viewer-service-won't-start-Error-5-Access-is-denied.html

Microsoft artical : https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/kb/971256
Error was still their.

Finally got below solution from https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/94d02eef-72cd-458a-8275-abe9a341e9f7/windows-event-log-service-error-5-access-is-denied?forum=winservergen

Solution : 

1) Goto Folder C:\Windows\System32\winevt\Logs

2) Cut all the files and paste all of them somewhere else (e.g. C:\Temp)

3) Now start the Event Log Service. It will start. :)

Let me know your views in via comments.


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