Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Security logs full - cannot logon

The security log on this system is full. Only administrators can log on to fix the problem.

An attempt to log on remotely is greeted with:

The security log on this system is full.

Only members of the Administrators group can log on when the Security event log cannot be written.

To resolve this issue for the user:

1. Log on to the computer as a member of the Administrators group.

2. Start / Run / eventvwr.msc / OK.

3. Right-click Security and press Properties.

4. Either clear the event log, make it bigger, or check Overwrite events as needed.

5. Press OK.

6. Close the Event Viewer.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

POP3 service stuck in starting state

When POP3 service stuck in starting state, check task manager and look for inetinfo.exe.

End this process manually and POP3 service should be fine now.

Note: inetinfo.exe is used primarily for debugging Microsoft Windows Server Internet Information Services. So start this process once POP service is in started state.