Failed to connect to windows service / slow boot. Please Help

Windows repair & run your AV scans

i have done all this

Then it would have been nice to know at the onset, so as not to be redundant. Have you checked your HD for errors & removed anything you do not really need loaded at startup time from the startup (msconfig)

that is one of the first things I tried I do not know how to check my hard drive could you tell me please and i will do it

Here is what I have tried so far
*Turning off all start up programs / services
*Uninstalled AVG anti virus

So I don't know what to do with that information or if that test even matters.
* I have tried looking at the event viewer but every time it says that the event log service is unavailable.
> I try turning on Windows Event Log but that does not change anything

Turn your services back on - Can't expect to view things with no services.

Check your hard drive: From a command prompt type : chkdsk /r

Access Deniedas you do not have sufficient privileges.
You have to invoke this utility running in elevated mode. sorry I am not an admin and I am having trouble finding on here how to change to admin. My old desk top was easy to change to admin can you tell me what to do next. Also I got rid of all the extra tool bars I had. For a while it went so much fast once i took off Babylon bar. but still not that good.

How many user's have logon's on this computer ? Someone must have ADMIN privileges !

I am the only one my ex set it up but I cant find the place to change to admin. I went to change log on and it would not do it so i am not sure if its the wrong place that i am using. ????

Like Vista, the Windows 7 built-in Administrator account is disabled by default. However, when there are no other administrative accounts on the system the built-in Administrator account may become enabled. Go into Safe Mode and see if Administrator appears on the Welcome Screen. If it does, log in and create an extra administrative account for elevation and emergencies (see below for suggested user account setup).

If Administrator doesn't appear on the Welcome Screen, enable it as follows:

Method 1 - If you have a Windows 7 installation DVD (not a recovery DVD) you can boot the system with it. Select the default language, then choose "Repair your computer". Then select "Command Prompt". At the command prompt type:

net user administrator /active:yes [enter]

Remove the DVD, reboot the computer, and log into the built-in Administrator account.

If you don't have a Windows 7 installation DVD (only have a recovery disc), the computer mftr. may have given you the Windows 7 System Repair option (not a System Recovery!) on the diagnostic menu. This diagnostic menu is the same one where you can choose Safe Mode. To get to this menu, repeatedly tap the F8 key as the computer is starting up. Or you can make a bootable Repair DVD from the file at this link:


http://neosmart.net/blog/2009/windows-7-system-repair-d...

I have tried so many things now I might be doing more harm than good. I was told to get a program that is called speedupmycomputer I got this and it told me I have 300 odd problems and it got rid of some but it left 291 lol so not much help unless I pay for the whole program. Which at this time I don't have the funds to do. So again I still have this problem that my boot time is now 7mins to log in screen. Is there anyone out there who has been able to find out what it is that is coursing this trouble please.

Well in this case if you've wasted more than a couple days on the issue I would recommend reformatting if you can since that would save the most time in the end unless you like troubleshooting till you find the culprit which is what I used to do until i found out that reformatting fixes 99% of the issues.

Now when i have issues i reformat from an image i made of my computer at base config and i have all my data saved on my other drive to expedite the process.

Not that i'm saying theres no solution but to me it sounds like you've tried a lot of things and wasted enough time so that reformatting might actually save you less of a headache to fix in the long run.

Just my 2 cents take it or leave it.

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Got all the above symptoms, to me it was the creative audio service that keeps on trying to start even after I've logged in(and, of course, no sound). When I disable Creative services, everything(except sound) works fine, meaning I don't get the "failed to connect Windows service...." error pop-up. I assume that in every case, unless malware is involved, there is some driver/service that freezes on loading/starting. In services list, the culprit may show as "starting" after logging in.
After repairing the Creative software, system is ok, again.