Windows 10: The SNMP Service encountered an error while accessing the registry key...

Hi,


I am seeing many of these Event ID 1500 on my PC System log. Please let me know if there is any solution or how to stop them.


Thanks you.

:)

 

Event 1500, SNMP with new Win 10, ver 2004

I just upgraded from version 1903 to 2004(build 19041.508). I am now getting the error Event 1500, SMNP every day at startup in the error log. The error message is:

The SNMP Service encountered an error while accessing the registry key SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SNMP\Parameters\TrapConfiguration.

Is there a fix for this error?

 

Is the "SNMP Service" unavailable in Windows 10?

Adding the SMTP service to a Windows OS seems quite straightforward in almost all cases: open the Windows Features interface, then check the "Simple Network Management Protocol" option. After rebooting, a new local service should be available called "SNMP Service".

I've followed those steps in Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, but I find that there is no "SNMP Service" to be found. There is an "SNMP Trap" service, but that's apparently not what I'm looking for. It seems the SNMP agent settings (eg. community name) can only be modified within the properties of "SNMP Service".

In my searching, I found a Powershell command purported to install the SNMP service:

However, the result is an error message (even when run as Administrator):

The words "client-based operating system" suggests the SNMP service is only available for Windows Server OSes, but that wasn't true for Windows 7/8. So I'm curious whether this has changed with Windows 10.

 

Sudden appearance of SNMP errors in Event Log

I have suddenly started seeing these EvntAgnt/ SNMP errors, arising at Startup, in the EL. Screenshots attached.

This is W10 Pro 1909 (18363.1082), and I very recently installed updates KB4576484 and KB4574727, on 9/9/20. The errors seem to have arisen since then.

In Services, SNMP Service is set to Auto and is running when I check after Startup, and SNMP Trap is set to Manual and not running. If I stop SNMP and restart it, the same errors are logged i.e. it's not just at startup.

Oddly, if I go to Settings>Apps>Optional Features, SNMP is offered as "Add a Feature" although it's already running as a service.

I have been through sfc and the usual diagnostic routes, and I can't think of any new software installed that would use SNMP anyway. If I look at Procexp, when running SNMP service is using port 161 or 162 (one of the other).

Any help on this welcome. Do I need SNMP servies, and if so, under what circumstances, or can I just set it to Manual in Services?