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Error Reading WINS Event Detail on a Computer Without WINS

Article ID: 124653

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q124653

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to view an event detail generated by the source Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) Event Viewer on a system that does not have WINS installed, you may the following error message appears:

The description for Event ID <xxxx> in Source WINS could not be found.

The <xxxx> variable represents the valid Event ID number.

CAUSE

Event Viewer uses WINSEVNT.DLL provided by the WINS service to map the Event ID to a detailed text message. If the WINS service is not installed, Event Viewer fails to map the Event ID.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, expand WINSEVNT.DDL_ from the Windows NT Serve version 3.5 installation media to the %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32 subdirectory as WINSEVNT.DLL.

Additional query words: prodnt log

Keywords: KB124653