Yes, I can connect thru computer management, file shares, IPC$, etc.
Everything but event viewer, and then I also get the Network path.
-----Original Message-----
From: L. Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 12:10 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Can't Connect to Remote PC with Event Viewer
That's interesting. So you can connect through computer management as well?
Are you getting the exact same message? .. Network path cannot be found?
Thanks,
-Lana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Lundy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 10:45 AM
Subject: RE: Can't Connect to Remote PC with Event Viewer
> I have no idea, but I can replicate the problem on a small 3 server lab
> network - a Win2k AD DC and 2 member servers. Servers can connect to each
> other to do ANYTHING except Event Viewer. Even the domain admin logged
into
> the DC can't connect remotely to the 2 member servers for event viewer.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: L. Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 11:35 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Can't Connect to Remote PC with Event Viewer
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> I am new to this list, and I am hoping someone can help me with a little
> annoying problem I am having. I cannot seem to connect from "Server A" to
a
> remote "Server B" with Event Viewer to view the Event log. Both machines
> are Win2K SP2, no AD, it is an NT 4 Domain. When I type the remote
computer
> Name or IP address in the Select Computer Box, I get the following
message..
> "Unable to connect to computer "Servername". The error was: The network
> Path is not found."
>
> Funny thing is, I can connect to this PC in Computer Management, I can
stop
> and start services, view the shares, Local Users and Groups, but if I
click
> on Event Viewer, I get the same message. I can ping the IP, the name, map
a
> drive and everything, so the connectivity is definitely there. Server B
can
> view Server A's event log, but ServerA cannot connect to Server B. Also on
> Server A I can connect to all the other NT4 machine's event logs, and I
have
> also VPN'd to a home machine, and was able to connect to that event log
> running on Win2K SP2 also. I have tried this with my account which is a
> member of Domain Admins, as well as the Domain Admin Account itself with
> same results. Is there some "remote access" type service that's needed,
or
> policy or something that may have been configured on Server B that doesn't
> allow remote access to the event log? I've searched KB for this error
also
> and came up empty. Server A is my workstation, so I really would like to
be
> able to view all the other server logs from my desk. Any ideas are
greatly
> appreciated.
>
> TIA,
> -Lana
>
>
>
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