For starters, can you get the event log entry from a machine/account that can read the whole thing? Maybe from the server itself? Al -----Original Message----- From: NGUYEN HONG HA [mailto:HANH.EVNIT@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 4:16 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Urgent problem http://www.MSExchange.org/ I have a MSExchange 5.5 running on Windows server 2000. The MSExchangeIS service stops and this log is written into the Event Log. Source : MSExchangeIS Category : (6) Type : Error Event ID : 1188 User : N/A Description : The description for Event ID ( 1188 ) in Source ( MSExchangeIS ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: c09. Do you have any suggestion ? ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------