Viewing Events

Great article on speeding up the PC in the December issue. It made me think that, aside from always trying to get more speed, one of the things that has always driven me crazy about Windows is all the “administrative events” reported by Event Viewer. Ever since Windows and I have known each other, it says that my Distributed-COM is not happy, and my DNS Client Events are trying to warn me about something. I have always been told that all this can be fixed, and that all I had to do was ask Mr Google. Well, when I tell Mr Google that “The application- specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID,” he coughs a bit, then launches me into complex, multi- option proposals for fixing this problem, which seem to be mainly suggestions from well- meaning folk.

So, my question to you is: Would you write an article on the best way to get rid of all these errors and warnings? Tell us what the most common ones are, and how to fix them. Tell us about the most serious. Let us know if it’s worth investing all the time I have to fix these. Hell, why not start a contest to see if anyone can show us a clear Events log. I’d even contribute to a prize.

– Len Babin

EXECUTIVE EDITOR ALAN DEXTER RESPONDS: That sounds like a reasonable idea. While you should always be able to find responses for the more esoteric problems, common issues should be easily found. Leave it with us.