Article ID: 954704 - Last Review: July 8, 2008 - Revision: 1.0

Event ID 263 is logged in the System log after you install Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Service Pack 1

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SYMPTOMS

After you install Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), the following event ID 263 warning message is logged in the System log:

Note This message is logged only one time.

Log Name: System
Source: PlugPlayManager
Date: 3/3/2008 2:22:07 PM
Event ID: 263
Task Category: None
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
Description: The service 'ShellHWDetection' may not have unregistered for device event notifications before it was stopped.

When you click the Details tab in the error message, and then select the XML view, you receive the following error message:
Event Xml: <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> <System> <Provider Name="PlugPlayManager" /> <EventID Qualifiers="32768">263</EventID> <Level>3</Level> <Task>0</Task> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2008-03-03T22:22:07.000Z" /> <EventRecordID>18</EventRecordID> <Channel>System</Channel> <Computer>26L2219C5-05</Computer> <Security /> </System> <EventData> <Data>ShellHWDetection</Data> </EventData> </Event>

WORKAROUND

You can safely ignore this warning message. This warning message does not affect the performance of your computer.
APPLIES TO
  • Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V
  • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V
  • Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems
  • Windows Server 2008 Standard without Hyper-V
  • Windows Server 2008 Datacenter
  • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
  • Windows Server 2008 Standard
  • Windows Vista Service Pack 1
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