Share via

Event viewer

Anonymous
2017-05-06T20:45:12+00:00

Windows 7  Event viewer/system reports lots of "Deleted event"s - in the general tab it says "the description for the event ID 0 from source cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed or installation is corrupt.  

How do I install or repair this component?

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments No comments

1 answer

Sort by: Most helpful
  1. Anonymous
    2017-05-06T21:01:52+00:00

    Hi and Welcome to Microsoft Answers!

    This is somewhat of a known issue for Windows 7 Event Viewer. You can follow this thread and even try the marked solution:

    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/76a2e7eb-029e-4613-9397-b469be24df6a/how-to-fix-corrupted-event-viewer?forum=winservergen

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments No comments