eventvwr.msc is not a valid win32 application.

[TampaWebDevelopment@gmail.com]

I installed Symantec Corporate on my Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2.
After some updates, I rebooted the server. As soon as I would login,
it would immediately log me out. I read somewhere that I needed to
copy a good copy of userinit.exe to the server's C:\WINDOWS\system32
directory as wsaupdater.exe. I did and tried to login. No luck. I
noticed that almost as soon as I finished copying the file to the
servers system32 directory, the file was changed by "something"
because the file size changed. So, I fired open services.msc on my
workstation, which is on the same network as the server with the
problem. From the services panel, I connected to the server with the
problem and changed all the Symantec services to disabled. I typed
"iisreset /reboot servername" from the command line and rebooted the
server. When it came back online, I copied the userinit.exe and
wsaupdater.exe to the server's system32 directory. I was then able to
login.

OK. So, I am now logged in and I want to look at the Event Viewer to
see if I can see any obvious issues. I click the icon and get the
following error. "C:\WINDOWS\system32\eventvwr.msc is not a valid
win32 application."

I tried to copy that file over just like I did the other two files and
it didn't work.

Ideas?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

<TampaWebDevelopment@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1186741364.209459.246510@x35g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>I installed Symantec Corporate on my Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2.
> After some updates, I rebooted the server. As soon as I would login,
> it would immediately log me out. I read somewhere that I needed to
> copy a good copy of userinit.exe to the server's C:\WINDOWS\system32
> directory as wsaupdater.exe. I did and tried to login. No luck. I
> noticed that almost as soon as I finished copying the file to the
> servers system32 directory, the file was changed by "something"
> because the file size changed. So, I fired open services.msc on my
> workstation, which is on the same network as the server with the
> problem. From the services panel, I connected to the server with the
> problem and changed all the Symantec services to disabled. I typed
> "iisreset /reboot servername" from the command line and rebooted the
> server. When it came back online, I copied the userinit.exe and
> wsaupdater.exe to the server's system32 directory. I was then able to
> login.
>
> OK. So, I am now logged in and I want to look at the Event Viewer to
> see if I can see any obvious issues. I click the icon and get the
> following error. "C:\WINDOWS\system32\eventvwr.msc is not a valid
> win32 application."
>
> I tried to copy that file over just like I did the other two files and
> it didn't work.
>
> Ideas?
>

Try running eventvwr.exe instead. If this does not work, restore
the two files.

 

[TampaWebDevelopment@gmail.com]

On Aug 10, 6:32 am, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com> wrote:
> <TampaWebDevelopm...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1186741364.209459.246510@x35g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> >I installed Symantec Corporate on my Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2.
> > After some updates, I rebooted the server. As soon as I would login,
> > it would immediately log me out. I read somewhere that I needed to
> > copy a good copy of userinit.exe to the server's C:\WINDOWS\system32
> > directory as wsaupdater.exe. I did and tried to login. No luck. I
> > noticed that almost as soon as I finished copying the file to the
> > servers system32 directory, the file was changed by "something"
> > because the file size changed. So, I fired open services.msc on my
> > workstation, which is on the same network as the server with the
> > problem. From the services panel, I connected to the server with the
> > problem and changed all the Symantec services to disabled. I typed
> > "iisreset /reboot servername" from the command line and rebooted the
> > server. When it came back online, I copied the userinit.exe and
> > wsaupdater.exe to the server's system32 directory. I was then able to
> > login.
>
> > OK. So, I am now logged in and I want to look at the Event Viewer to
> > see if I can see any obvious issues. I click the icon and get the
> > following error. "C:\WINDOWS\system32\eventvwr.msc is not a valid
> > win32 application."
>
> > I tried to copy that file over just like I did the other two files and
> > it didn't work.
>
> > Ideas?
>
> Try running eventvwr.exe instead. If this does not work, restore
> the two files.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I get the error Microsoft Management Console cannot be started. Re-run
Microsoft Windows Setup.

Error Code: main.cxx 214 800700c1

I guess this is more than just the Event Viewer. The problem is that
the server is at a datacenter and not local. Hmmm. I do have the
Windows CD on the server. Do I just need to run the Windows Setup and
choose repair or something?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

<TampaWebDevelopment@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Aug 10, 6:32 am, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com> wrote:
>> <TampaWebDevelopm...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1186741364.209459.246510@x35g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >I installed Symantec Corporate on my Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2.
>> > After some updates, I rebooted the server. As soon as I would login,
>> > it would immediately log me out. I read somewhere that I needed to
>> > copy a good copy of userinit.exe to the server's C:\WINDOWS\system32
>> > directory as wsaupdater.exe. I did and tried to login. No luck. I
>> > noticed that almost as soon as I finished copying the file to the
>> > servers system32 directory, the file was changed by "something"
>> > because the file size changed. So, I fired open services.msc on my
>> > workstation, which is on the same network as the server with the
>> > problem. From the services panel, I connected to the server with the
>> > problem and changed all the Symantec services to disabled. I typed
>> > "iisreset /reboot servername" from the command line and rebooted the
>> > server. When it came back online, I copied the userinit.exe and
>> > wsaupdater.exe to the server's system32 directory. I was then able to
>> > login.
>>
>> > OK. So, I am now logged in and I want to look at the Event Viewer to
>> > see if I can see any obvious issues. I click the icon and get the
>> > following error. "C:\WINDOWS\system32\eventvwr.msc is not a valid
>> > win32 application."
>>
>> > I tried to copy that file over just like I did the other two files and
>> > it didn't work.
>>
>> > Ideas?
>>
>> Try running eventvwr.exe instead. If this does not work, restore
>> the two files.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> I get the error Microsoft Management Console cannot be started. Re-run
> Microsoft Windows Setup.
>
> Error Code: main.cxx 214 800700c1
>
> I guess this is more than just the Event Viewer. The problem is that
> the server is at a datacenter and not local. Hmmm. I do have the
> Windows CD on the server. Do I just need to run the Windows Setup and
> choose repair or something?
>

When it comes to repairing servers I'm always conscious of
the high availability that users expect and the large amount of
time I need to spend on rebuilding it. I therefore follow this
path:
- Create a clone disk.
- Test the clone disk.
- Attempt to repair the installation on the original disk.