I imagine that if you log on as the user on the remote machine and then open the event viewer locally, then right click at the top level (local) and click connect to another computer. Connect to the computer you are trying to monitor. Perhaps it will give you a more useful error message.
Jason Passow Mississippi Welders Supply http://www.mwsco.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: (507) 494-5178 fax: (507) 454-8104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sergeant, Geoff GOSS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:30:14 -0500 Subject: RE: [SA-list] External COM check Eventlog gets access denied I have tried this check against my laptop using my admin account Which will locally allow me to view the evenlog but I still get the Error, what else can I do to test the access in the same way as Servers Alive is doing. Thanks Geoff -----Original Message----- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:salive@woodstone.nu (mailto:salive@woodstone.nu)] On Behalf Of Dirk Sent: 14 August 2008 17:06 To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] External COM check Eventlog gets access denied it means that the (remote) system doesn't accept this user for checking the eventlog. Dirk Bulinckx. -----Original Message----- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:salive@woodstone.nu (mailto:salive@woodstone.nu)] On Behalf Of Sergeant, Geoff GOSS Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 5:40 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: [SA-list] External COM check Eventlog gets access denied Importance: High I would like to get the Eventlog check working in Servers Alive but I keep Getting the following error - ERR docheck : Access is denied. (-2147024891- 0) Mail generated by Woodstone Servers Alive at 14 August 2008 16:21:07 I have tried using various account which I know should be able to access The eventlog but always get the same error ???? Please help Thanks Geoff Sergeant Global Infrastructure Systems Administrator GOSS International (Preston UK) +44 (0)1772 226439 -------------------------------------------------------- Goss ... Innovation for Business NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachment(s) may contain confidential and proprietary information of Goss International Corporation and/or its subsidiaries and may be legally privileged. This e-mail is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the addressee, dissemination, copying or other use of this e-mail or any of its content is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient please inform the sender immediately and destroy the e-mail and any copies. All liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. No contract may be construed by this e-mail. To unsubscribe send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to salive@woodstone.nu (mailto:salive@woodstone.nu) If you use auto-responders (like out-of-the-office messages), make sure that they are not sent to the list nor to individual members. Doing so will cause you to be automatically removed from the list.= To unsubscribe send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to salive@woodstone.nu (mailto:salive@woodstone.nu) If you use auto-responders (like out-of-the-office messages), make sure that they are not sent to the list nor to individual members. Doing so will cause you to be automatically removed from the list. -------------------------------------------------------- Goss ... Innovation for Business NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachment(s) may contain confidential and proprietary information of Goss International Corporation and/or its subsidiaries and may be legally privileged. This e-mail is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the addressee, dissemination, copying or other use of this e-mail or any of its content is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient please inform the sender immediately and destroy the e-mail and any copies. All liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. No contract may be construed by this e-mail. To unsubscribe send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to salive@woodstone.nu (mailto:salive@woodstone.nu) If you use auto-responders (like out-of-the-office messages), make sure that they are not sent to the list nor to individual members. Doing so will cause you to be automatically removed from the list. To unsubscribe send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to salive@woodstone.nu If you use auto-responders (like out-of-the-office messages), make sure that they are not sent to the list nor to individual members. Doing so will cause you to be automatically removed from the list.
