Windows 10: Event logs

Hello,

My PC, Win 10, 64, crashes to a grey or black screen every few days or so. Tried re-installing win 10 from a stick.


The error is: The WCSV3 service depends on the WAS which failed to start because the system cannot find the drive specified.


Then in services, I found the WAS was manual. changed it to automatic and pressed start.


The effect was this: Windows could not start the Windows Process Activation Service service on Local Computer.

Error 15: The system cannot find the drive specified.


I am not on a network and I only play games.

So what is the drive that it can't find? All drives on my PC are findable by everything else as far as I can see.

Maybe a drive has to be manually specified, but I don't have a clue about that.

:)

 

Event "Error" Log Repair required (Windows 10)

Hi,





There are a lot of
possibilities why these errors occur in
your event logs. The errors depends on what it is related to. It could be your
application, drivers, firmware, hardware, or your storage devices. You can check this
link for further information regarding event log issues.



We suggest that you perform these following methods of troubleshooting steps and check if there's any changes:



Method 1: Update your drivers.

To know how to update your drivers, click
here.



Method 2:
Run SFC Scan.  

To run an
SFC scan, follow these steps:  

• 
  Run
  Command Prompt as Administrator.  
  
• 
  Type
  sfc /scannow
  and hit
  Enter.   
  

Method 3:
Run DISM Tool.  

To run
DISM Tool, follow these steps:

• 
  Run
  Command Prompt as Administrator.  
  
• 
  Type the following command:  
  
  • 
    DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /scanhealth  
    
  • 
    DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth  
    
  
  
  

NOTE:
This might take a while to finish scanning.
Do not cancel. 



Method 4: Clean Boot.

To perform a
Clean Boot, click
here.



Note:
Reset the computer back to
Normal Mode
once you are done with the troubleshooting by following the section
"How to reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting"
from the same article.



Let us know how it goes.



Regards.

 

Moving an event log source is not having an effect

I'm having an issue that to be clear I'll describe in steps:

1. I created an event source called Foo in the event log called Application using the following powershell command:
   New-EventLog -source Foo -LogName "Application"
   
2. I could successfully log to the event log using that source.
   
3. Afterwards, I decided to remove the source and re-create it in a different event log:
   

The problem I'm having is that then when I run Write-EventLog -LogName "My App Log" -Source "Foo" -EventID 0 -EntryType Information -Message "Some message." the entry is logged to Application instead of to My App Log

Has anyone else experienced this behaviour? Am I missing anything?

 

Events 4672 & 4624 Win 10 Freezes - special LOGON ?

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

1. Are you on a domain network?
   
2. May I know the make and the model number of your system?
   

The event logs you have provided seems to be the security logs that is generated when you login to your system. For more information on the event that was generated, you can check
4672(S): Special privileges assigned to new logon.

The Windows error logs will be located at Event Viewer > Windows Logs > System.

Please follow the step below and check if it works for you.

Step: Improve Windows 10 Performance.

Try some of the following suggestions to help
make your Windows 10 PC run better. The steps are listed in order, so start with the first one, see if that fixes the problem, and then continue to the next one if it doesn’t.

Note: The last step on the article contains Windows Reset, I suggest you not to perform Windows reset, as there is a change your data and applications will be wiped and also
the OS will reverted back to previous version you upgraded from.

If the issue still persists, please reply to this post with more information so that we can identify the root cause of this issue and assist you further.

Hope it helps.

Amit Sunar

Microsoft Community – Moderator