Update: I just got off the phone with microsoft who repaired my event
log service. Turns out that the issue was being caused by it being
corrupted. The RT backup folder had to be renamed which is at path
c:\windows\system32\logfiles\wmi\ then the computer was restarted, the
eventlog service was started once more and it all started working again.
The gentleman at microsoft recomended that a qualified technician solve
such problems as any deviation from recomended standards can cause
further issues.


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clark2710