Windows 10: Event Viewer stopped working and won't let me restart the service

Tried to start Event Log sevice from a command prompt in Windows 10 and got 'GetLastError' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Event Viewer was running just fine until about a week ago. I'm trying to troubleshoot Windows Update issues won't update from 20H2 to 21H1 and just keep running into new problems. I've had trouble with this machine running updates for over a year, I believe since 20H2 installed. My guess is that when I upgraded from 8.1 to 10 and the update was corrupted and started deteriorating it has never worked properly since.

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Event Viewer service is not working

Hello a few days ago, maybe a week, I noticed event viewer logs in MMC were not working. The screen prompted me to check the service was running. I went to services and the service is indeed showing as "stopped" When I attempt to restart the service I receive
error message that Access is Denied. I am also receiving this error message when I try to look into folders in the file explorer. also i am not very technical so am grateful if any suggestions could be made as simple as possible.

Thanks in advance

 

WLAN Autoconfig service keeps stopping

Hi,

Thanks for replying.

I suggest you to try following methods and check:

Download the latest drivers for the adapter from the manufacturer’s website and install it on the system.



Check Event Viewer as soon as the WLAN connection is stopped in order to know which application is causing this issue. Follow the steps mentioned in the article given below to open Event viewer.

Open Event Viewer

• 
  Right-click or tap and hold the Start icon. Choose Event Viewer.
  
  The Event Viewer appears.
  
• 
  On the left, choose Event Viewer, Custom Views, Administrative Events.
  
  It may take a while, but eventually you see a list of notable events like the one shown.
  

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Anusha

 

Event Viewer problem with latest Windows Build 1607

After installing the new Windows build 1607, the Event Viewer stopped recording events under Diagnostic Performance. (Before 1607 I checked the files located under Windows.old dated 9/23/2016 and located this file which indeed did have a list of events
recorded.)

Since the initial 1607 download there have been two new builds automatically installed on my laptop.



The last step in an automatic download is the RESTART. Prior to my rebooting, I checked the Diagnostic Performance and for sure, these had the list of events.



Rebooting by me, causes the Diagnostic Performance errors to disappear.

As suggested earlier I have run the SFC/DISM commands with no errors reported.

Any Ideas?

Nancy