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Windows could not connect to the System Event Notification Service service.

Every so often, 1 in 50, my laptop is very slow to start-up I get the "Please Wait" before the login screen. Once I do log in I get the error:

"Failed to connect to a windows service.

Windows could not connect to the System Event Notification Service service. This problem prevents limited users from logging on to the system. As an administrative user, you can review the System Event Log for details about why the service didn't respond."

Aero seems to be disabled also and cannot be fixed without a restart. This problem is getting to be bothersome and I need to know if it could be hardware related. Thank you in advance for you help.

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Last updated April 4, 2020 Views 648,344 Applies to:

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PaulHalonen

This works!!!

Reset the Winsock Catalog

Open a Command Prompt as an Administrator.
Type “netsh winsock reset” (without quotes) and press Enter.
Restart the computer.

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James-

Hello Tim Wilson, PMP,

Thank you for the response on this. Since you are on a domain with this issue, please repost this question at the link provided below at the Microsoft TechNet Forums.

Microsoft TechNet Forums:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/categories/

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