Re: Would a full event log file give me serious problems

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"The security log on this system is full" message when you try to
log on to a computer that is running Windows XP or Windows
Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;867860

How To Prevent Auditable Activities When Security Log Is Full
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q140058/

STOP 0xC0000244 when security log full
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;232564

Users cannot access Web sites when the security event log is full
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;832981

RPC "Server is Unavailable" Message When Audit Log is Full
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;242361

The event log stops logging events before reaching the maximum log size
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312571

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:8ACD8AD3-880E-4FE4-8678-0CA2A3E4C25E@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Gunnarh <Gunnarh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
One day, last week I could not logon to Windows. After having signed in I
wited and waited for hours and then decided to restart in Safe Mode. I did
not find anything interesting except that I had an interrupted update
reported. When I think of it I also found that the application and the
system logs were full... Could that cause my trouble. The responsibility
was put on me to administrate the content of the logs, of course - and I
had not...

When something goes that wrong you cascade your actions of course, so you
would never know, if it were not for you, friends?

.



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