While loading Microsoft Disk Manager, I get the message:
[Box header]Microsoft Management Console
Snap-in failed to initialize.
CLSID:{7478EF65-8C46-11D1-8D99-00A0C913CAD4}
followed by [OK] button.

Disk Manager seemed to work OK but DriveImageXML then failed to install images
to new drive partitioned and formatted by Disk Manager.

Grateful for advice.
Yours hopefully, -

Theo Tulley.
tj.tulley@physics.org

Error Message "Snap-in Failed to Initialize" When You Use Microsoft
Management Console
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;297064

"Snap-in Failed to Initialize" Error Message When You Open Microsoft
Management Console
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;826282

You receive a “Cannot open <Snap-in Name>” error message when you try to
start MMC on a Windows XP-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326574

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:bcidnU4jP6U4WuDeSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk,
Theo Tulley <tj.tulley@physics.org> hunted and pecked:
> While loading Microsoft Disk Manager, I get the message:
> [Box header]Microsoft Management Console
> Snap-in failed to initialize.
> CLSID:{7478EF65-8C46-11D1-8D99-00A0C913CAD4}
> followed by [OK] button.
>
> Disk Manager seemed to work OK but DriveImageXML then failed to install
> images to new drive partitioned and formatted by Disk Manager.
>
> Grateful for advice.
> Yours hopefully, -
>
> Theo Tulley.
> tj.tulley@physics.org

Thanks - the first URL is for W2K, the second for WXPPro - the third doesn't
apply.

I carried out the procedure in the second, as far as locating PATH - I then
copied the complete entry and pasted it into notepad where I can read it: it
includes (first) the advised destination wbem, followed by Norton Ghost which I
could well remove, and then Stuffit which I want to keep available. The URL
advice said don't remove other entries which may be present.

If I type in as that URL advises, I shall lose the reference to Stuffit. I have
just deleted the Norton path and pasted the remainder back in. The same box
appears as described below: "Snap-in Failed to Initialize".

Here is what I pasted in to PATH in Environment variables:
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\Sy stem32\Wbem;C:\Program
Files\Allume Systems\StuffIt\;C:\Program Files\Allume
Systems\StuffIt\OfficeReady StuffIt

Grateful for further advice.

Yours hopefully, -

Theo Tulley.
tj.tulley@physics.org

"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:%23Y2XSbF7FHA.3388@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Error Message "Snap-in Failed to Initialize" When You Use Microsoft
> Management Console
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;297064
>
> "Snap-in Failed to Initialize" Error Message When You Open Microsoft
> Management Console
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;826282
>
> You receive a “Cannot open <Snap-in Name>” error message when you try to
> start MMC on a Windows XP-based computer
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326574
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:bcidnU4jP6U4WuDeSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk,
> Theo Tulley <tj.tulley@physics.org> hunted and pecked:
>> While loading Microsoft Disk Manager, I get the message:
>> [Box header]Microsoft Management Console
>> Snap-in failed to initialize.
>> CLSID:{7478EF65-8C46-11D1-8D99-00A0C913CAD4}
>> followed by [OK] button.
>>
>> Disk Manager seemed to work OK but DriveImageXML then failed to install
>> images to new drive partitioned and formatted by Disk Manager.
>>
>> Grateful for advice.
>> Yours hopefully, -
>>
>> Theo Tulley.
>> tj.tulley@physics.org
>

Many MSKB articles that apply to Windows 2000 also apply to Windows XP.

{7478EF65-8C46-11D1-8D99-00A0C913CAD4} is the CLSID for
SysmonLogManager.Snapin. Releted to smlogcfg.dll which is the Performance
Logs and Alerts Snap-in.

1. Ignore the message in the Symptoms section and click OK to start MMC.
2. Click Console.
3. Click Add\Remove Snap-in.
4. Click the orphaned snap-in. (The snap-in should not have an icon.)
Click on Performance Logs and Alerts
5. Click Remove.
6. Click OK to close the Add\Remove snap-in window.
7. Save your changes to the console.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:48Odnf4geI9o6OLeSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk,
Theo Tulley <tj.tulley@physics.org> hunted and pecked:
> Thanks - the first URL is for W2K, the second for WXPPro - the third
> doesn't apply.
>
> I carried out the procedure in the second, as far as locating PATH - I
> then copied the complete entry and pasted it into notepad where I can
> read it: it includes (first) the advised destination wbem, followed by
> Norton Ghost which I could well remove, and then Stuffit which I want to
> keep available. The URL advice said don't remove other entries which may
> be present.
>
> If I type in as that URL advises, I shall lose the reference to Stuffit.
> I have just deleted the Norton path and pasted the remainder back in. The
> same box appears as described below: "Snap-in Failed to Initialize".
>
> Here is what I pasted in to PATH in Environment variables:
> %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\Sy stem32\Wbem;C:\Program
> Files\Allume Systems\StuffIt\;C:\Program Files\Allume
> Systems\StuffIt\OfficeReady StuffIt
>
> Grateful for further advice.
>
> Yours hopefully, -
>
> Theo Tulley.
> tj.tulley@physics.org
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:%23Y2XSbF7FHA.3388@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Error Message "Snap-in Failed to Initialize" When You Use Microsoft
>> Management Console
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;297064
>>
>> "Snap-in Failed to Initialize" Error Message When You Open Microsoft
>> Management Console
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;826282
>>
>> You receive a “Cannot open <Snap-in Name>” error message when you try to
>> start MMC on a Windows XP-based computer
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326574
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:bcidnU4jP6U4WuDeSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk,
>> Theo Tulley <tj.tulley@physics.org> hunted and pecked:
>>> While loading Microsoft Disk Manager, I get the message:
>>> [Box header]Microsoft Management Console
>>> Snap-in failed to initialize.
>>> CLSID:{7478EF65-8C46-11D1-8D99-00A0C913CAD4}
>>> followed by [OK] button.
>>>
>>> Disk Manager seemed to work OK but DriveImageXML then failed to install
>>> images to new drive partitioned and formatted by Disk Manager.
>>>
>>> Grateful for advice.
>>> Yours hopefully, -
>>>
>>> Theo Tulley.
>>> tj.tulley@physics.org

Thanks again.

I have been going to MMC via Control panel/Administrative Tools/Computer
Management but couldn't see a Console to click on. After double-clicking that,
the error box appears headed Microsoft Management Console; the box opening after
that is Computer Management.

Now I have gone to Start/Run, typed in MMC and get Console 1 - showing Console
Root & Name - both blank areas. None of those Console words are clickable, but
File gives a menu including Add/Remove Snap-in. Selecting this produces a box
with 2 tabs - Standalone, showing Snap-ins added to Console Root - blank.
Drop-down arrow, but no alternative to Console Root), and Extensions - this tab
produces a greyed-out screen.

I have searched C:\ for SysmonLogManager but nothing found.

I have searched C:\ for smlogcfg.dll - this is found in C:\Windows at \$Nt
ServicePackUninstall$, \System32, and \ServicepackFiles\i386. The first is blue.

I'm tempted to cut it from System32 and dump it in my "Parking" folder, but fear
registry problems. Sorry to be a nuisance.

BTW, I'm running WXP Pro on auto-update, with Firefox 1.0.1 as browser.
With many thanks,
Yours sincerely, -

Theo Tulley.
tj.tulley@physics.org

"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:uL4zZoe7FHA.2012@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Many MSKB articles that apply to Windows 2000 also apply to Windows XP.
>
> {7478EF65-8C46-11D1-8D99-00A0C913CAD4} is the CLSID for
> SysmonLogManager.Snapin. Releted to smlogcfg.dll which is the Performance
> Logs and Alerts Snap-in.
>
> 1. Ignore the message in the Symptoms section and click OK to start MMC.
> 2. Click Console.
> 3. Click Add\Remove Snap-in.
> 4. Click the orphaned snap-in. (The snap-in should not have an icon.)
> Click on Performance Logs and Alerts
> 5. Click Remove.
> 6. Click OK to close the Add\Remove snap-in window.
> 7. Save your changes to the console.
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:48Odnf4geI9o6OLeSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk,
> Theo Tulley <tj.tulley@physics.org> hunted and pecked:
>> Thanks - the first URL is for W2K, the second for WXPPro - the third
>> doesn't apply.
>>
>> I carried out the procedure in the second, as far as locating PATH - I
>> then copied the complete entry and pasted it into notepad where I can
>> read it: it includes (first) the advised destination wbem, followed by
>> Norton Ghost which I could well remove, and then Stuffit which I want to
>> keep available. The URL advice said don't remove other entries which may
>> be present.
>>
>> If I type in as that URL advises, I shall lose the reference to Stuffit.
>> I have just deleted the Norton path and pasted the remainder back in. The
>> same box appears as described below: "Snap-in Failed to Initialize".
>>
>> Here is what I pasted in to PATH in Environment variables:
>> %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\Sy stem32\Wbem;C:\Program
>> Files\Allume Systems\StuffIt\;C:\Program Files\Allume
>> Systems\StuffIt\OfficeReady StuffIt
>>
>> Grateful for further advice.
>>
>> Yours hopefully, -
>>
>> Theo Tulley.
>> tj.tulley@physics.org
>>
>> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:%23Y2XSbF7FHA.3388@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> Error Message "Snap-in Failed to Initialize" When You Use Microsoft
>>> Management Console
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;297064
>>>
>>> "Snap-in Failed to Initialize" Error Message When You Open Microsoft
>>> Management Console
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;826282
>>>
>>> You receive a “Cannot open <Snap-in Name>” error message when you try to
>>> start MMC on a Windows XP-based computer
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326574
>>>
>>> --
>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>
>>> Wes
>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>> In news:bcidnU4jP6U4WuDeSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk,
>>> Theo Tulley <tj.tulley@physics.org> hunted and pecked:
>>>> While loading Microsoft Disk Manager, I get the message:
>>>> [Box header]Microsoft Management Console
>>>> Snap-in failed to initialize.
>>>> CLSID:{7478EF65-8C46-11D1-8D99-00A0C913CAD4}
>>>> followed by [OK] button.
>>>>
>>>> Disk Manager seemed to work OK but DriveImageXML then failed to install
>>>> images to new drive partitioned and formatted by Disk Manager.
>>>>
>>>> Grateful for advice.
>>>> Yours hopefully, -
>>>>
>>>> Theo Tulley.
>>>> tj.tulley@physics.org
>

> I have searched C:\ for SysmonLogManager but nothing found.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\smlogcfg.dll is the Performance Logs and Alerts Snap-in.
There is no file that has the name SysmonLogManager in C: Removing
smlogcfg.dll will just create another copy if Windows File Protection is
working.

Try to move smlogcfg.dll to your Desktop from C:\WINDOWS\system32 and see
what happens.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\smlogsvc.exe is the Performance Logs and Alerts Service.

See what happens if you disable the Performance Logs and Alerts service. I
have mine disabled. If I happen to click on Performance Logs and Alerts in
Computer Management, I get an error message: [[Performance Logs and Alerts
The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it
has no enabled devices associated with it.]] and a corresponding Event ID
4099 in the Event Viewer.

Open Services...
Start | Run | Type: services.msc | Click OK |
Scroll down to and double click Performance Logs and Alerts |
Click the Stop button if it's running | Set Startup type to Disabled |
Click Apply | Click OK | Close Services

Control panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management
You can get the same thing by right clicking My Computer and selecting
Manage. Performance Logs and Alerts shows up in Computer Management.

I use Console1.msc from the Start Menu.
[[If a console is saved to the per-user Administrative Tools folder (located
at systemdrive\Documents and Settings\user\Start
Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools), it is then available in the
Administrative Tools folder on the Programs menu.]]

Try creating a custom Console1 and add only the Snap-ins that you plan on
using. See if this avoids the error.
To add an item to a new MMC console for a local computer
1. Click Start, click Run, type mmc, and then click OK.
1a. On the File menu, click Save As. Console1.msc will be saved in the
Administrative Tools folder.
2. On the File menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in, and then click Add.
3. Under Snap-in, double-click the item you want to add, and do one of the
following:
• Click Local computer: (the computer this console is running on), and
then click Finish.
• If a wizard appears, follow the instructions on your screen.
4. To add another item to the console, repeat step 3.

HOW TO Create Custom MMC Snap-in Tools Using Microsoft Management Console
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;230263

MMC Microsoft Management Console
http://www.theeldergeek.com/microsof...nt_console.htm

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:I7SdnUipZpVCVR3eSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk,
Theo Tulley <tj.tulley@physics.org> hunted and pecked:
> Thanks again.
>
> I have been going to MMC via Control panel/Administrative Tools/Computer
> Management but couldn't see a Console to click on. After double-clicking
> that, the error box appears headed Microsoft Management Console; the box
> opening after that is Computer Management.
>
> Now I have gone to Start/Run, typed in MMC and get Console 1 - showing
> Console Root & Name - both blank areas. None of those Console words are
> clickable, but File gives a menu including Add/Remove Snap-in. Selecting
> this produces a box with 2 tabs - Standalone, showing Snap-ins added to
> Console Root - blank. Drop-down arrow, but no alternative to Console
> Root), and Extensions - this tab produces a greyed-out screen.
>
> I have searched C:\ for SysmonLogManager but nothing found.
>
> I have searched C:\ for smlogcfg.dll - this is found in C:\Windows at \$Nt
> ServicePackUninstall$, \System32, and \ServicepackFiles\i386. The first
> is blue.
>
> I'm tempted to cut it from System32 and dump it in my "Parking" folder,
> but fear registry problems. Sorry to be a nuisance.
>
> BTW, I'm running WXP Pro on auto-update, with Firefox 1.0.1 as browser.
> With many thanks,
> Yours sincerely, -
>
> Theo Tulley.
> tj.tulley@physics.org
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:uL4zZoe7FHA.2012@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Many MSKB articles that apply to Windows 2000 also apply to Windows XP.
>>
>> {7478EF65-8C46-11D1-8D99-00A0C913CAD4} is the CLSID for
>> SysmonLogManager.Snapin. Releted to smlogcfg.dll which is the
>> Performance Logs and Alerts Snap-in.
>>
>> 1. Ignore the message in the Symptoms section and click OK to start MMC.
>> 2. Click Console.
>> 3. Click Add\Remove Snap-in.
>> 4. Click the orphaned snap-in. (The snap-in should not have an icon.)
>> Click on Performance Logs and Alerts
>> 5. Click Remove.
>> 6. Click OK to close the Add\Remove snap-in window.
>> 7. Save your changes to the console.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:48Odnf4geI9o6OLeSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk,
>> Theo Tulley <tj.tulley@physics.org> hunted and pecked:
>>> Thanks - the first URL is for W2K, the second for WXPPro - the third
>>> doesn't apply.
>>>
>>> I carried out the procedure in the second, as far as locating PATH - I
>>> then copied the complete entry and pasted it into notepad where I can
>>> read it: it includes (first) the advised destination wbem, followed by
>>> Norton Ghost which I could well remove, and then Stuffit which I want to
>>> keep available. The URL advice said don't remove other entries which may
>>> be present.
>>>
>>> If I type in as that URL advises, I shall lose the reference to Stuffit.
>>> I have just deleted the Norton path and pasted the remainder back in.
>>> The same box appears as described below: "Snap-in Failed to Initialize".
>>>
>>> Here is what I pasted in to PATH in Environment variables:
>>> %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\Sy stem32\Wbem;C:\Program
>>> Files\Allume Systems\StuffIt\;C:\Program Files\Allume
>>> Systems\StuffIt\OfficeReady StuffIt
>>>
>>> Grateful for further advice.
>>>
>>> Yours hopefully, -
>>>
>>> Theo Tulley.
>>> tj.tulley@physics.org
>>>
>>> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:%23Y2XSbF7FHA.3388@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>> Error Message "Snap-in Failed to Initialize" When You Use Microsoft
>>>> Management Console
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;297064
>>>>
>>>> "Snap-in Failed to Initialize" Error Message When You Open Microsoft
>>>> Management Console
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;826282
>>>>
>>>> You receive a “Cannot open <Snap-in Name>” error message when you try
>>>> to start MMC on a Windows XP-based computer
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326574
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>>
>>>> Wes
>>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>>
>>>> In news:bcidnU4jP6U4WuDeSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk,
>>>> Theo Tulley <tj.tulley@physics.org> hunted and pecked:
>>>>> While loading Microsoft Disk Manager, I get the message:
>>>>> [Box header]Microsoft Management Console
>>>>> Snap-in failed to initialize.
>>>>> CLSID:{7478EF65-8C46-11D1-8D99-00A0C913CAD4}
>>>>> followed by [OK] button.
>>>>>
>>>>> Disk Manager seemed to work OK but DriveImageXML then failed to
>>>>> install images to new drive partitioned and formatted by Disk Manager.
>>>>>
>>>>> Grateful for advice.
>>>>> Yours hopefully, -
>>>>>
>>>>> Theo Tulley.
>>>>> tj.tulley@physics.org

Many thanks for detailed reply. I dragged smlogcfg.dll to Desktop, started
Computer Management - "Snap-in failed" message again. (Windows has generated a
replacement).

I then disabled Performance Logs and Alerts in Services, (it wasn't started),
clicked Apply and OK, closed Computer Management and re-opened it - "Snap-in
failed" message yet again.

I don't understand enough about snap-ins - this is the first time I've heard of
them so I don't know what I need. Are all the items in Services snap-ins? None
were listed in the Console which came up from Run MMC.

But I return to my subject line; does it matter? All I want to do is be sure
that my new (USB2) HDD is properly partitioned and formatted - as I said at the
beginning, this appeared to happen; Disk Management shows the partitions, but
the free software DriveImage XML (from Runtime Software) fails to produce images
on that HDD. I had a rapid first response from their Support line, but they may
be away for the week-end.

I would expect Performance logs & alerts to be important for automatic
generation of Restore Points - is this not so?

With many thanks,
Yours sincerely, -

Theo Tulley.
tj.tulley@physics.org

"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:eaClpwh7FHA.736@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> I have searched C:\ for SysmonLogManager but nothing found.
>
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\smlogcfg.dll is the Performance Logs and Alerts Snap-in.
> There is no file that has the name SysmonLogManager in C: Removing
> smlogcfg.dll will just create another copy if Windows File Protection is
> working.
>
> Try to move smlogcfg.dll to your Desktop from C:\WINDOWS\system32 and see
> what happens.
>
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\smlogsvc.exe is the Performance Logs and Alerts Service.
>
> See what happens if you disable the Performance Logs and Alerts service. I
> have mine disabled. If I happen to click on Performance Logs and Alerts in
> Computer Management, I get an error message: [[Performance Logs and Alerts
> The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it
> has no enabled devices associated with it.]] and a corresponding Event ID
> 4099 in the Event Viewer.
>
> Open Services...
> Start | Run | Type: services.msc | Click OK |
> Scroll down to and double click Performance Logs and Alerts |
> Click the Stop button if it's running | Set Startup type to Disabled |
> Click Apply | Click OK | Close Services
>
> Control panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management
> You can get the same thing by right clicking My Computer and selecting
> Manage. Performance Logs and Alerts shows up in Computer Management.
>
> I use Console1.msc from the Start Menu.
> [[If a console is saved to the per-user Administrative Tools folder (located
> at systemdrive\Documents and Settings\user\Start
> Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools), it is then available in the
> Administrative Tools folder on the Programs menu.]]
>
> Try creating a custom Console1 and add only the Snap-ins that you plan on
> using. See if this avoids the error.
> To add an item to a new MMC console for a local computer
> 1. Click Start, click Run, type mmc, and then click OK.
> 1a. On the File menu, click Save As. Console1.msc will be saved in the
> Administrative Tools folder.
> 2. On the File menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in, and then click Add.
> 3. Under Snap-in, double-click the item you want to add, and do one of the
> following:
> • Click Local computer: (the computer this console is running on), and
> then click Finish.
> • If a wizard appears, follow the instructions on your screen.
> 4. To add another item to the console, repeat step 3.
>
> HOW TO Create Custom MMC Snap-in Tools Using Microsoft Management Console
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;230263
>
> MMC Microsoft Management Console
> http://www.theeldergeek.com/microsof...nt_console.htm
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:I7SdnUipZpVCVR3eSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk,
> Theo Tulley <tj.tulley@physics.org> hunted and pecked:
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> I have been going to MMC via Control panel/Administrative Tools/Computer
>> Management but couldn't see a Console to click on. After double-clicking
>> that, the error box appears headed Microsoft Management Console; the box
>> opening after that is Computer Management.
>>
>> Now I have gone to Start/Run, typed in MMC and get Console 1 - showing
>> Console Root & Name - both blank areas. None of those Console words are
>> clickable, but File gives a menu including Add/Remove Snap-in. Selecting
>> this produces a box with 2 tabs - Standalone, showing Snap-ins added to
>> Console Root - blank. Drop-down arrow, but no alternative to Console
>> Root), and Extensions - this tab produces a greyed-out screen.
>>
>> I have searched C:\ for SysmonLogManager but nothing found.
>>
>> I have searched C:\ for smlogcfg.dll - this is found in C:\Windows at \$Nt
>> ServicePackUninstall$, \System32, and \ServicepackFiles\i386. The first
>> is blue.
>>
>> I'm tempted to cut it from System32 and dump it in my "Parking" folder,
>> but fear registry problems. Sorry to be a nuisance.
>>
>> BTW, I'm running WXP Pro on auto-update, with Firefox 1.0.1 as browser.
>> With many thanks,
>> Yours sincerely, -
>>
>> Theo Tulley.
>> tj.tulley@physics.org
>>
>> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:uL4zZoe7FHA.2012@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> Many MSKB articles that apply to Windows 2000 also apply to Windows XP.
>>>
>>> {7478EF65-8C46-11D1-8D99-00A0C913CAD4} is the CLSID for
>>> SysmonLogManager.Snapin. Releted to smlogcfg.dll which is the
>>> Performance Logs and Alerts Snap-in.
>>>
>>> 1. Ignore the message in the Symptoms section and click OK to start MMC.
>>> 2. Click Console.
>>> 3. Click Add\Remove Snap-in.
>>> 4. Click the orphaned snap-in. (The snap-in should not have an icon.)
>>> Click on Performance Logs and Alerts
>>> 5. Click Remove.
>>> 6. Click OK to close the Add\Remove snap-in window.
>>> 7. Save your changes to the console.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>
>>> Wes
>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>> In news:48Odnf4geI9o6OLeSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk,
>>> Theo Tulley <tj.tulley@physics.org> hunted and pecked:
>>>> Thanks - the first URL is for W2K, the second for WXPPro - the third
>>>> doesn't apply.
>>>>
>>>> I carried out the procedure in the second, as far as locating PATH - I
>>>> then copied the complete entry and pasted it into notepad where I can
>>>> read it: it includes (first) the advised destination wbem, followed by
>>>> Norton Ghost which I could well remove, and then Stuffit which I want to
>>>> keep available. The URL advice said don't remove other entries which may
>>>> be present.
>>>>
>>>> If I type in as that URL advises, I shall lose the reference to Stuffit.
>>>> I have just deleted the Norton path and pasted the remainder back in.
>>>> The same box appears as described below: "Snap-in Failed to Initialize".
>>>>
>>>> Here is what I pasted in to PATH in Environment variables:
>>>> %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\Sy stem32\Wbem;C:\Program
>>>> Files\Allume Systems\StuffIt\;C:\Program Files\Allume
>>>> Systems\StuffIt\OfficeReady StuffIt
>>>>
>>>> Grateful for further advice.
>>>>
>>>> Yours hopefully, -
>>>>
>>>> Theo Tulley.
>>>> tj.tulley@physics.org
>>>>
>>>> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23Y2XSbF7FHA.3388@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Error Message "Snap-in Failed to Initialize" When You Use Microsoft
>>>>> Management Console
>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;297064
>>>>>
>>>>> "Snap-in Failed to Initialize" Error Message When You Open Microsoft
>>>>> Management Console
>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;826282
>>>>>
>>>>> You receive a “Cannot open <Snap-in Name>” error message when you try
>>>>> to start MMC on a Windows XP-based computer
>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326574
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wes
>>>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>>>
>>>>> In news:bcidnU4jP6U4WuDeSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk,
>>>>> Theo Tulley <tj.tulley@physics.org> hunted and pecked:
>>>>>> While loading Microsoft Disk Manager, I get the message:
>>>>>> [Box header]Microsoft Management Console
>>>>>> Snap-in failed to initialize.
>>>>>> CLSID:{7478EF65-8C46-11D1-8D99-00A0C913CAD4}
>>>>>> followed by [OK] button.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Disk Manager seemed to work OK but DriveImageXML then failed to
>>>>>> install images to new drive partitioned and formatted by Disk Manager.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Grateful for advice.
>>>>>> Yours hopefully, -
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Theo Tulley.
>>>>>> tj.tulley@physics.org
>

snap-in
[[A type of tool you can add to a console supported by Microsoft Management
Console (MMC). A stand-alone snap-in can be added by itself; an extension
snap-in can only be added to extend the function of another snap-in.]]

Disk Management is a stand-alone. You can access it from the Administrative
Tools folder or...
Start | Run | Type: diskmgmt.msc | Click OK

Maybe that method will avoid your snap-in failed message.

Performance Logs and Alerts has nothing to do With System Restore.
[[The Windows Performance tool is composed of two parts: System Monitor and
Performance Logs and Alerts. With System Monitor, you can collect and view
real-time data about memory, disk, processor, network, and other activity in
graph, histogram, or report form. Through Performance Logs and Alerts you
can configure logs to record performance data and set system alerts to
notify you when a specified counter's value is above or below a defined
threshold.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:N9-dnUhgSvF_kBzeSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk,
Theo Tulley <tj.tulley@physics.org> hunted and pecked:
> Many thanks for detailed reply. I dragged smlogcfg.dll to Desktop, started
> Computer Management - "Snap-in failed" message again. (Windows has
> generated a replacement).
>
> I then disabled Performance Logs and Alerts in Services, (it wasn't
> started), clicked Apply and OK, closed Computer Management and re-opened
> it - "Snap-in failed" message yet again.
>
> I don't understand enough about snap-ins - this is the first time I've
> heard of them so I don't know what I need. Are all the items in Services
> snap-ins? None were listed in the Console which came up from Run MMC.
>
> But I return to my subject line; does it matter? All I want to do is be
> sure that my new (USB2) HDD is properly partitioned and formatted - as I
> said at the beginning, this appeared to happen; Disk Management shows the
> partitions, but the free software DriveImage XML (from Runtime Software)
> fails to produce images on that HDD. I had a rapid first response from
> their Support line, but they may be away for the week-end.
>
> I would expect Performance logs & alerts to be important for automatic
> generation of Restore Points - is this not so?
>
> With many thanks,
> Yours sincerely, -
>
> Theo Tulley.
> tj.tulley@physics.org
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:eaClpwh7FHA.736@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> I have searched C:\ for SysmonLogManager but nothing found.
>>
>> C:\WINDOWS\system32\smlogcfg.dll is the Performance Logs and Alerts
>> Snap-in. There is no file that has the name SysmonLogManager in C:
>> Removing smlogcfg.dll will just create another copy if Windows File
>> Protection is working.
>>
>> Try to move smlogcfg.dll to your Desktop from C:\WINDOWS\system32 and see
>> what happens.
>>
>> C:\WINDOWS\system32\smlogsvc.exe is the Performance Logs and Alerts
>> Service.
>>
>> See what happens if you disable the Performance Logs and Alerts service.
>> I have mine disabled. If I happen to click on Performance Logs and
>> Alerts in Computer Management, I get an error message: [[Performance
>> Logs and Alerts The service cannot be started, either because it is
>> disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it.]] and
>> a corresponding Event ID 4099 in the Event Viewer.
>>
>> Open Services...
>> Start | Run | Type: services.msc | Click OK |
>> Scroll down to and double click Performance Logs and Alerts |
>> Click the Stop button if it's running | Set Startup type to Disabled |
>> Click Apply | Click OK | Close Services
>>
>> Control panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management
>> You can get the same thing by right clicking My Computer and selecting
>> Manage. Performance Logs and Alerts shows up in Computer Management.
>>
>> I use Console1.msc from the Start Menu.
>> [[If a console is saved to the per-user Administrative Tools folder
>> (located at systemdrive\Documents and Settings\user\Start
>> Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools), it is then available in the
>> Administrative Tools folder on the Programs menu.]]
>>
>> Try creating a custom Console1 and add only the Snap-ins that you plan on
>> using. See if this avoids the error.
>> To add an item to a new MMC console for a local computer
>> 1. Click Start, click Run, type mmc, and then click OK.
>> 1a. On the File menu, click Save As. Console1.msc will be saved in the
>> Administrative Tools folder.
>> 2. On the File menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in, and then click Add.
>> 3. Under Snap-in, double-click the item you want to add, and do one of
>> the following:
>> • Click Local computer: (the computer this console is running on), and
>> then click Finish.
>> • If a wizard appears, follow the instructions on your screen.
>> 4. To add another item to the console, repeat step 3.
>>
>> HOW TO Create Custom MMC Snap-in Tools Using Microsoft Management Console
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;230263
>>
>> MMC Microsoft Management Console
>> http://www.theeldergeek.com/microsof...nt_console.htm
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:I7SdnUipZpVCVR3eSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk,
>> Theo Tulley <tj.tulley@physics.org> hunted and pecked:
>>> Thanks again.
>>>
>>> I have been going to MMC via Control panel/Administrative Tools/Computer
>>> Management but couldn't see a Console to click on. After double-clicking
>>> that, the error box appears headed Microsoft Management Console; the box
>>> opening after that is Computer Management.
>>>
>>> Now I have gone to Start/Run, typed in MMC and get Console 1 - showing
>>> Console Root & Name - both blank areas. None of those Console words are
>>> clickable, but File gives a menu including Add/Remove Snap-in. Selecting
>>> this produces a box with 2 tabs - Standalone, showing Snap-ins added to
>>> Console Root - blank. Drop-down arrow, but no alternative to Console
>>> Root), and Extensions - this tab produces a greyed-out screen.
>>>
>>> I have searched C:\ for SysmonLogManager but nothing found.
>>>
>>> I have searched C:\ for smlogcfg.dll - this is found in C:\Windows at
>>> \$Nt ServicePackUninstall$, \System32, and \ServicepackFiles\i386. The
>>> first is blue.
>>>
>>> I'm tempted to cut it from System32 and dump it in my "Parking" folder,
>>> but fear registry problems. Sorry to be a nuisance.
>>>
>>> BTW, I'm running WXP Pro on auto-update, with Firefox 1.0.1 as browser.
>>> With many thanks,
>>> Yours sincerely, -
>>>
>>> Theo Tulley.
>>> tj.tulley@physics.org
>>>
>>> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:uL4zZoe7FHA.2012@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>> Many MSKB articles that apply to Windows 2000 also apply to Windows XP.
>>>>
>>>> {7478EF65-8C46-11D1-8D99-00A0C913CAD4} is the CLSID for
>>>> SysmonLogManager.Snapin. Releted to smlogcfg.dll which is the
>>>> Performance Logs and Alerts Snap-in.
>>>>
>>>> 1. Ignore the message in the Symptoms section and click OK to start
>>>> MMC.
>>>> 2. Click Console.
>>>> 3. Click Add\Remove Snap-in.
>>>> 4. Click the orphaned snap-in. (The snap-in should not have an icon.)
>>>> Click on Performance Logs and Alerts
>>>> 5. Click Remove.
>>>> 6. Click OK to close the Add\Remove snap-in window.
>>>> 7. Save your changes to the console.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>>
>>>> Wes
>>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>>
>>>> In news:48Odnf4geI9o6OLeSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk,
>>>> Theo Tulley <tj.tulley@physics.org> hunted and pecked:
>>>>> Thanks - the first URL is for W2K, the second for WXPPro - the third
>>>>> doesn't apply.
>>>>>
>>>>> I carried out the procedure in the second, as far as locating PATH - I
>>>>> then copied the complete entry and pasted it into notepad where I can
>>>>> read it: it includes (first) the advised destination wbem, followed
>>>>> by Norton Ghost which I could well remove, and then Stuffit which I
>>>>> want to keep available. The URL advice said don't remove other
>>>>> entries which may be present.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I type in as that URL advises, I shall lose the reference to
>>>>> Stuffit. I have just deleted the Norton path and pasted the remainder
>>>>> back in. The same box appears as described below: "Snap-in Failed to
>>>>> Initialize".
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is what I pasted in to PATH in Environment variables:
>>>>>
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\Sy stem32\Wbem;C:\Program
>>>>> Files\Allume Systems\StuffIt\;C:\Program Files\Allume
>>>>> Systems\StuffIt\OfficeReady StuffIt
>>>>>
>>>>> Grateful for further advice.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yours hopefully, -
>>>>>
>>>>> Theo Tulley.
>>>>> tj.tulley@physics.org
>>>>>
>>>>> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:%23Y2XSbF7FHA.3388@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Error Message "Snap-in Failed to Initialize" When You Use Microsoft
>>>>>> Management Console
>>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;297064
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Snap-in Failed to Initialize" Error Message When You Open Microsoft
>>>>>> Management Console
>>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;826282
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You receive a “Cannot open <Snap-in Name>” error message when you try
>>>>>> to start MMC on a Windows XP-based computer
>>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326574
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wes
>>>>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In news:bcidnU4jP6U4WuDeSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk,
>>>>>> Theo Tulley <tj.tulley@physics.org> hunted and pecked:
>>>>>>> While loading Microsoft Disk Manager, I get the message:
>>>>>>> [Box header]Microsoft Management Console
>>>>>>> Snap-in failed to initialize.
>>>>>>> CLSID:{7478EF65-8C46-11D1-8D99-00A0C913CAD4}
>>>>>>> followed by [OK] button.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Disk Manager seemed to work OK but DriveImageXML then failed to
>>>>>>> install images to new drive partitioned and formatted by Disk
>>>>>>> Manager.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Grateful for advice.
>>>>>>> Yours hopefully, -
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Theo Tulley.
>>>>>>> tj.tulley@physics.org

Thanks very much - I've learned a lot.

Also, I must apologise - I returned to trying DriveImage, and reading
the warning box (about deleting everything there) more carefully, I saw
that I had to type in there the identity of the destination volume -
although I had already selected it. I did that and hey presto, it works!
Evidently my new HDD is properly partitioned and formatted. Since it
was to received system boot files, I set the destination partition as
Active.

Now I have set up my laptop to access Newsgroups and subscribed again to
this one - to say "Thanks" while the image is being copied on my
desktop. About 90 minutes probably.

Here I am using Thunderbird and shall go to a Mozilla forum to enquire
about replies appearing separately here, instead of with the original
message as they (mostly, at least) do in OE.

Incidentally, Computer Management opens here with no snap-in failed
message.
With many thanks,
Yours sincerely, -

Theo Tulley.
tj.tulley@physics.org

Wesley Vogel wrote:
> snap-in
> [[A type of tool you can add to a console supported by Microsoft Management
> Console (MMC). A stand-alone snap-in can be added by itself; an extension
> snap-in can only be added to extend the function of another snap-in.]]
>
> Disk Management is a stand-alone. You can access it from the Administrative
> Tools folder or...
> Start | Run | Type: diskmgmt.msc | Click OK
>
> Maybe that method will avoid your snap-in failed message.
>
> Performance Logs and Alerts has nothing to do With System Restore.
> [[The Windows Performance tool is composed of two parts: System Monitor and
> Performance Logs and Alerts. With System Monitor, you can collect and view
> real-time data about memory, disk, processor, network, and other activity in
> graph, histogram, or report form. Through Performance Logs and Alerts you
> can configure logs to record performance data and set system alerts to
> notify you when a specified counter's value is above or below a defined
> threshold.]]
>

Theo,

Glad you got it worked out, with no help from me. ;-)

I use OE, but look at some option like: group messages and their replies or
Group Messages by Conversation something like that.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:VGadnV_CwqGghB_eSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk,
Theo Tulley <tj.tulley@physics.org> hunted and pecked:
> Thanks very much - I've learned a lot.
>
> Also, I must apologise - I returned to trying DriveImage, and reading
> the warning box (about deleting everything there) more carefully, I saw
> that I had to type in there the identity of the destination volume -
> although I had already selected it. I did that and hey presto, it works!
> Evidently my new HDD is properly partitioned and formatted. Since it
> was to received system boot files, I set the destination partition as
> Active.
>
> Now I have set up my laptop to access Newsgroups and subscribed again to
> this one - to say "Thanks" while the image is being copied on my
> desktop. About 90 minutes probably.
>
> Here I am using Thunderbird and shall go to a Mozilla forum to enquire
> about replies appearing separately here, instead of with the original
> message as they (mostly, at least) do in OE.
>
> Incidentally, Computer Management opens here with no snap-in failed
> message.
> With many thanks,
> Yours sincerely, -
>
> Theo Tulley.
> tj.tulley@physics.org
>
> Wesley Vogel wrote:
>> snap-in
>> [[A type of tool you can add to a console supported by Microsoft
>> Management Console (MMC). A stand-alone snap-in can be added by itself;
>> an extension snap-in can only be added to extend the function of another
>> snap-in.]]
>>
>> Disk Management is a stand-alone. You can access it from the
>> Administrative Tools folder or...
>> Start | Run | Type: diskmgmt.msc | Click OK
>>
>> Maybe that method will avoid your snap-in failed message.
>>
>> Performance Logs and Alerts has nothing to do With System Restore.
>> [[The Windows Performance tool is composed of two parts: System Monitor
>> and Performance Logs and Alerts. With System Monitor, you can collect
>> and view real-time data about memory, disk, processor, network, and
>> other activity in graph, histogram, or report form. Through Performance
>> Logs and Alerts you can configure logs to record performance data and
>> set system alerts to notify you when a specified counter's value is
>> above or below a defined threshold.]]