SYMPTOMS
When your application tries to write an event log entry in Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 (SP1), an exception of type
System.Security.SecurityException occurs. You experience this problem when the following two conditions are true:
- The application runs with non-administrator permissions.
- The name of the log that is written to starts with a character between S and Z.
RESOLUTION
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.
To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the
Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Date Time Version Size File name
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26-Oct-2004 08:42 1.1.4322.2042 1,228,800 System.dll