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Wasatch Rebel:
I am running Windows Repair to fix a "system event notification service" problem.  I am running Windows 7 and I got advice to uncheck all the repair boxes, then tick boxes 1, 10, 13, and 26. I think I got that from someone here, or at the tech guy forum. Anyway, I have done so, and I downloaded it and started the process late last night and it's still running and still on operation 1 of 4. I thought that it must be hanging up, but there still appears to be some CPU activity. I'm thinking it shouldn't be taking anywhere near this long and earlier I tried to shut it down so I could try running it again, but I got a warning message "access denied, shutting down could cause problems". Thoughts?

Boggin:
It shouldn't be taking that long.

Are you running the program in Safe Mode ?

Did you run any of the pre-steps such as a sfc /scannow or chkdsk /f or an antimalware scan before running the repair program ?

Generally when the program takes a long time to complete a repair, there is an underlying cause, but I'll ask for advice on this.

Wasatch Rebel:
I did not run any kind of pre-checking of the disk. I had Googled a notification I was having with "System event notification service" being unable to start and someone at the Tech Guy Forum had posted the exact question I had and the person who was helping said to run Windows Repair, but only check boxes 1, 10, 13, and 26. The guy who was asking for help said, "Yay! It worked!" or something like that. There wasn't anything in the steps outlined there about doing anything prior to running it or running it in safe mode, and I just clicked on the link there which took me to the download page which didn't have any of those kinds of instructions either. I didn't find this forum until I began thinking something was wrong if it was taking so long...the CPU usage is fluctuating, but is really low and often drops to zero.

Boggin:
I've asked for advice on this as I didn't want to advise you to stop the program via Task Manager if that would let you.

You should run the program in Safe Mode as your antivirus program can get in the way when running the program in normal mode.

What can work for some doesn't necessarily work for others as the cause can be different, but you should read through a program before jumping in.

The program has an excellent Help section which you should have read before running it.

Wasatch Rebel:
Thanks. Yeah. I should have read the Help section. I will go back and read it, then try and do as you suggest and run it in Safe Mode. I appreciate you help. Thanks again.

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