diff -ur nagios-2.9.original/base/checks.c nagios-2.9/base/checks.c
--- nagios-2.9.original/base/checks.c	2007-07-21 13:16:27.000000000 +0100
+++ nagios-2.9/base/checks.c	2007-07-26 15:54:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -911,6 +911,11 @@
 #endif
 		                }
 
+			
+			/* Altinity patch: to know when a service came into existence - service starting in error state already will be seen */
+			if(temp_service->has_been_checked==FALSE)
+				handle_service_event(temp_service);
+
 #ifdef REMOVED_042903
 			/* log the initial state if the user wants */
 			if(temp_service->has_been_checked==FALSE && log_initial_states==TRUE){