Status of Wins Service (WnServiceStatus)

Monitors whether or not the WINS service is running on each of the configured servers. This query can be run from the PATROL Agent running on a primary domain controller or backup domain controller against any host in the domain that has an installed WINS service.

Alarms when the WINS service is not executing.

Recommendations

If this parameter displays an alarm:

1. For Windows NT 4.0 systems, open the Service Control Manager from the Control Panel.
   For Windows 2000 systems, open Component Services from the Administrative Tools menu.
2. Look at the Status column for the WINS service to find out if the status is "Started."
3. If the status is not "Started," attempt to start the service.
4. If the service does not start, start the Event Viewer and examine the System Event Log. The System Event Log contains entries for services that fail to start.
5. Find and examine the entry for the WINS service that failed to start. The entry may contain information that indicates why the service did not start.
6. Try to correct the problem based on the information found in the Event Log entry.
7. Attempt to start the service again.
8. If you cannot get the WINS service to start, consider rebooting your system. If rebooting does not help, contact Microsoft Support: http://support.microsoft.com/directory/

Thresholds for alarms and warnings

Default properties