WBEMEventViewer Does Not Display Old Event (281508)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation 1.5, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000

This article was previously published under Q281508

SYMPTOMS

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) event objects that are stored in the WBEMEventViewer's EventList control become invalid after approximately 20 minutes. When an event object is invalidated, it is no longer possible to display the contents of the event by double clicking its entry in the list.

CAUSE

WMI uses a custom DCOM Marshaler (Fastprox.dll) to pass event objects (IWbemClassObject) from the WMI service (WinMgmt) to the WBEMEventViewer utility. This marshaler (that is also known as a proxy-stub) which controls the lifetime of the event objects, is automatically unloaded from memory when no events are delivered for a predetermined amount of time. When the marshaler is unloaded any events in the WBEMEventViewer's EventList become invalid.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date         Time      Version       Size     File name     Platform
   --------------------------------------------------------------------
   19-Apr-2001  16:16:26  1.50.1085.53  147,536  Fastprox.dll  Intel

How to Use the Hotfix Installer

NOTE: You can use this method only for Intel-based computers with Windows 2000 installed.

Copy the Q281508.exe hotfix file to a local folder on your computer or to a share on your network.
Run the Q281508.exe file, and then follow the directions you receive.
Restart your computer.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/23/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbenv kbfix kbSysAdmin kbui kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB281508