Dumpel.exe Fails with DrWatson or Error Message

ID: Q154412


The information in this article applies to:


SYMPTOMS

You can use the Dumpel utility, available in the Microsoft Windows NT Resource Kit, to write out the contents of the Windows NT Event logs to a standard ASCII text file. However, it might fail with one of the following errors:


CAUSE

The Access Violation might be caused by an improperly formatted Date/Time string in the Event log.

The LookupAccountSid failure is caused by a SID not mapping correctly to a valid username.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: dumpel LookupAccountSid


Keywords          : ntreskit 
Version           : 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.51
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : 

Last Reviewed: February 25, 1999