Error: DDE Server Windows

I experienced at least 3 to 5 DDE Server Windows errors during shutdown.

From one of the previous post I read in the forum, I had used the ControlPanel/Admin Tools/EventViewer to delete the offending software application from Add/Remove Software.

However, when I recheck the EventViewer, I still get "warning" from an application called EvntAgnt, which I believe it is the source of the DDE error.

Can anyone help to resolve this? Many thanks.

Lee CC

Hey; its summer 2015, and this shyitt still happens with Windows 10, every single shutdown.

Hi Lee CC,

1.    What is the complete error message you receive?

2.    Have you made any recent changes on the computer?

The registry parameters for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Event Agent extension agent are corrupted and the extension agent is closing.

Reset the registry parameters by removing and reinstalling the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) service.

To remove and reinstall the SNMP service:

a)   Click Start, click  Control Panel, click  Add or Remove Programs, and then click  Add/Remove Windows Components.

b)   Select the Simple Network Management Protocol check box, and click  OK.

c)    Click Next.

d)   Repeat steps 1-3 to install SNMP.

Hope this helps!

Halima S   - Microsoft Support.

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It's summer of 17 and this crap is not gone.

Does your Event Viewer warning message look similar to this:

Event Type:    Warning

Event Source:    EvntAgnt

Event Category:    None

Event ID:    1003

Description:

TraceFileName parameter not located in registry; Default trace file used is .

Is it accompanied by another warning message that looks similar to this:

Event Type:    Warning

Event Source:    EvntAgnt

Event Category:    None

Event ID:    1015

Description:

TraceLevel parameter not located in registry; Default trace level used is 32.

Are you using SNMP services in your environment?  Most single computer systems in a home environment do not.

If you are not sure if you are using SNMP, say:  I'm not sure.

If SNMP tries to start and has not been configured (just using the default values), you will get those kinds of warnings.  If you are not using SNMP, just uninstall it since it is a waste of otherwise productive CPU cycles.  If you are using SNMP, you need to configure it to have some valid startup settings.

You will find Simple Network Management Protocol in Add/Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components, highlight Management and Monitoring Tools, click Details...  uncheck SNMP (and the WMI component) if you are not using them, and okay your way out and restart your system and check the Event Viewer again.

Some warning messages in the Event Viewer are excusable when the system starts up... as other services depend on each other to be running.  Continuous messages (even warnings) in the Event Viewer are annoying, so you would hope that you would only see the white "i" informational type messages when things are running smoothly.   No event should ever defy reasonable explanation.

If your Event(s) does not look like those above, maybe we should see what your event(s) looks like.

Here is how to post an event from the Event Viewer into a message:

If you double click an event, it will open a Properties windows with more information.  On the right are black up and down arrow buttons to scroll through the open events. The third button that looks like two pages on top of each other is used to copy the event details to your Windows clipboard.

When you find an interesting event that occurred around the time of your issue, click the third button under the up and down arrows to copy the details and then you can paste the details (right click, Paste or CTRL-V) the detail text back here for analysis.

If it is your desire, remove any personal information from the pasted information (like User, Computer).

To get a fresh start on any Event Viewer log, you can choose to clear the log (backing up the log is offered), then reproduce your issue, then look at just the events around the time of your issue.

Do, or do not. There is no try.

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Hello!

Thanks for the reply.

I have tried to remove the Windows component, however, it doesn't cure. There are two issues arised:

1.  There is no SNMP services (my OS: XP Prof), only Networking Services (NS).

2.  When I uninstall and reinstall the NS, an error message appeared: "An extended error has occurred". As a result, the "Peer-to-Peer" box was unchecked.

Anyway, I had used a restore point to restore the system to a previous status, but the DDE errors remains.

Regards.

Lee CC