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Windows Event Log: Why am I getting a FormatMessage error?

EL
Engager

Hi,

after a Windows system crash of the raid controller, I only get empty reports.  I moved the installation to a VM and everything looked good... But: empty dashboard reports!

Getting data from the windows eventlogs into splunk still works, but most entries have this problem:

Message=Splunk could not get the description for this event. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupt.

FormatMessage error...

I checked wecutil gs and I found, it was set to "rendered text" for both of my subscriptions. I've set it back to "events" but still no luck. Restart of the service: not luck.

I'm running SPLUNK Enterprise 8.2.5 on Windows Server 2016.

Any hints are highly appreciated!

Best, EL

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