Event ID 160 — Diagnostic Policy Service Status

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Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2

If the Diagnostic Policy service is not running, associated diagnostics for problem detection, troubleshooting, and resolution for Windows components will not run.

Event Details

Product: Windows Operating System
ID: 160
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Diagnosis-DPS
Version: 6.1
Symbolic Name: WDI_DPS_EVENT_SHUTDOWN_PERF_END
Message: This event is raised when the service is successfully stopped.

Resolve

Start the service

Membership in the local Administrators group is required to complete this procedure.

To start the Diagnostic Policy service:

  1. Click Start, click in the Start Search box, type services.msc, and press ENTER.
  2. In the Name column, click Diagnostic Policy Service.
  3. Right-click Diagnostic Policy Service, and then click Start. 

Verify

Membership in the local Administrators group is required to complete this procedure.

To verify that the Diagnostic Policy service is running:

  1. Click Start, click in the Start Search box, type services.msc, and press ENTER.
  2. Check if the status of Diagnostic Policy Service is Started. If the entry in the Status column is empty, the service is not running.

Diagnostic Policy Service Status

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