Hi All,
This last few days when I start my Windows 8.1 laptop I get a warning box (bottom right corner) saying " Failed to connect to a windows service"
the message continues "windows couldn't connect to the Group Policy Client service. This problem prevents standard users from signing in"
I have looked at the event logs and there are multiple entrys saying "The Microsoft Account Sign-in Assistant service failed to start due to the following error:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion"
There are hundreds of these events in the log (one every 5 minutes) since they started on June 17th.
I tried following the event log online help but there was no info there on this error so I am at a loss as to how to fix this.
Any help and advice will be gratefully received ;o))
Thanks Barney
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Here is the main header of the event log.
Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 23/06/2014 09:33:38
Event ID: 7000
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Dads-Laptop
Description:
The Microsoft Account Sign-in Assistant service failed to start due to the following error:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.