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Wow, running eventvwr.msc is very interesting. I have a similar problem with my sound so this thread interests me greatly. I’m running Windows 2000 Professional. The sound works sometimes and sometimes not. If it doesn’t work, I usually just restart and it will work (usually) on the second restart. Sometimes if I just go into the audio controls and click around changing things, it will start working.

Anyway, I just ran eventvwr.msc and have several system errors in a row and a warning. They appear all the time, several times a day. However, my computer seems to run fine except for the sound problem.

Is there something I should do to get these errors and warnings to stop? Here’s one error:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7024
Date: 3/30/2008
Time: 3:25:27 PM
User: N/A
Computer: MAME2K
Description:
The Net Logon service terminated with service-specific error 3095.

Second Error:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: NETLOGON
Event Category: None
Event ID: 3095
Date: 3/30/2008
Time: 3:25:27 PM
User: N/A
Computer: MAME2K
Description:
This Windows NT computer is configured as a member of a workgroup, not as a member of a domain. The Netlogon service does not need to run in this configuration.

Last one:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7000
Date: 3/30/2008
Time: 3:25:27 PM
User: N/A
Computer: MAME2K
Description:
The ASCTRM service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the file specified.

I hope I’m not taking advantage of your expertise, but I’ve never known about the event logs and it’s pretty cool. I’d like to learn more about them.

Thank you.

If you would like to learn about Event ID's, you can subscribe HERE. It's only $24.00 a year, and is very helpful. Or, you can google each ID and get the gist of it. I have books. Lots and lots of books from MS. LOL

If you want, I'll come back on tonight and look some up for you, just PM me.

Event ID 7024 is generated when the Service Control Manager cannot properly terminate a service. The name of the service and the error generated by it are usually displayed in the event. 7024 is not specific to a particular service, it may occur no matter what service is failing.

Often, you’ll get 7024 and 3095 for the same error, since 7024 is a “generic” service failure ID, and 3095 is specific.

From Event ID net-ID 7000...
“The system cannot find the device specified.”
“The system cannot find the file specified.”
“The system cannot find the path specified.

Service: “SoundMAX Agent Service”/”VMware Authorization Service”/”APC UPS Service”, error “Incorrect function. is not a valid Win32 application.” - This may occur if a file called “Program” is located on the root of C: drive (Quicken for example may create such file). This is interfering with “C:\Program Files” directory and some applications get “confused” and fail to start. In this case, I renamed Program to Program2 and then I was able to start the services mentioned above. This operation however, caused problems to Quicken. If the C:\Program file exists, Windows may give you a warning at startup about potential problems.