Re: Please help: Application popup , machine check in Event viewer: Am I OK??

From: Wesley Vogel (123WVogel955_at_comcast.net)
Date: 08/08/04 

Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 15:10:43 GMT

Daniel,

Thank goodness for tinyurl!!

Windows XP Professional Events and Errors Search Results
for "Application Popup 26"
http://tinyurl.com/56tgg

Two items there. To view details, click on an ID number.
Also click on:
[+] Related Knowledge Base articles
in each article.

If you had the Help and Support service (helpsvc) running, you could've
followed the trail of Event ID: 26 yourself in the Event Viewer which you
do not have running now either. ;-)
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Event Viewer

Double click the event in Event Viewer | Click: the button below the second
arrow (looks like two pages) [[Copies the details of the event to the
Clipboard.]] | Paste into Notepad | Click:
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Read all info | Copy and paste to Notepad | Click the [+] Related Knowledge
Base articles | Follow any links that might be useful

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427

Jeez, I thought I had my services pared down:
smss.exe
csrss.exe
winlogon.exe
services.exe: Eventlog, PlugPlay
lsass.exe: ProtectedStorage, SamSs
svchost.exe: RpcSs
svchost.exe: AudioSrv, CryptSvc, Dhcp, helpsvc,
LanmanServer, LanmanWorkstation, Netman,
Schedule, TermService, winmgmt
svchost.exe: Dnscache
Print Spooler
avgserv.exe
vsmon.exe 

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Hope this helps.  Let us know.
Wes
In news:7f985872.0408080505.7bbde320@posting.google.com,
Daniel Vonboles <danielvonboles@msn.com>  hunted and pecked:
> Hi
>
> Event Type: Information
> Event Source: Application Popup
> Event ID: 26 (IIRC)
>
> Clean installed and I was getting them on first boot. I guess it's
> just meant to be!
>
> I am running my computer now with only three services not disabled:
> Plug And Play, Remote Procedure Call and Windows Audio. The only thing
> I have noticed is the slightly longer startup time, which is due to
> Event Log being disabled. However, all I have been doing so far has
> been playing with emulators so like you said, it may not be very
> stable for much like Prime95 or anything.
>
> I have not tried any stress tests yet. However I suppose I should as I
> might be trying to be too clever by disabling that many services.
>
> I appreciate your help a lot. Thanks!
>
> Daniel
> --
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:<CdbRc.90116$8_6.81429@attbi_s04>...
>> Windows Management Instrumentation
>> [[This service is required if you want to see the "Dependencies" tab
>> in service configuration and you want everything to go smoothly. I
>> do not recommend disabling this service as strange things may start
>> to happen.]]
>>
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/service411.htm#Windows_Management_Instrumentation
>>
>> [[If you don't want your computer to work, set this to Disabled.]]
>> Windows Management Instrumentation Service
>> http://www.theeldergeek.com/windows_management_instrumentation.htm
>>
>> What are the Event Source and Event ID # of the errors??
>> i.e.
>> Event Type: Error
>> Event Source: True Vector Engine
>> Event Category: None
>> Event ID:  1
>> Date:  11/18/2003
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps.  Let us know.
>> Wes
>>
>> In news:7f985872.0408070737.725d3a11@posting.google.com,
>> Daniel Vonboles <danielvonboles@msn.com>  hunted and pecked:
>>> Me again!
>>>
>>> I clean installed this afternoon, reformat and everything. First
>>> cold boot into XP without installing anything, I was getting the
>>> machine check events. I figure I can't get rid of them, as at that
>>> point I had my BIOS on its fail-safe settings.
>>>
>>> Stuff it, I turned Event Log off! Doing this somehow added ten to
>>> fifteen seconds to my boot time (waits at the "classic" Windows is
>>> starting up... logon box), but I see no reason to have it on as all
>>> I am getting in it are Userenv unload errors and DCOM errors when it
>>> tries to start a service which I have knowingly disabled.
>>>
>>> I know that the computer normally takes longer to start up if Event
>>> Log is disabled, IF Windows Management Instrumentation is enabled,
>>> but I have them both disabled now. I don't know how essential WMI
>>> is, I haven't seen anything wrong yet but I'm guessing that as soon
>>> as I try installing any major drivers or games that I will!
>>>
>>> I am still wishing to know what the machine check and machine check
>>> regs are and why I get them. Please reply if anyone has an idea!
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>> --
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