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I just installed a large backlog of Windows Updates (I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit) and now a handful of programs are acting strangely (not opening, crashing, etc)

I went to try to diagnose the program using the Event Viewer, but when I open it up I get the error "Microsoft Management Console has Stopped Working" immediately after I double-click on the icon.

Is there any way for me to figure out what is going wrong? I have another Windows 7 PC, that I tried to remotely view the logs from, but I got the error "The RPC Server is Unavailable". I'd like to start up the service, but oh wait, I can't open anything in the "Administrative Tools".

I'd like not to re-install Windows, as I had just done so a couple months ago after a Windows Update jacked up my graphics card drivers.

I had this problem on Windows 10.

One of these two tools worked:

1. mbam-cleaner


2. FarBar cleaner. With which I cleaned up the following items in my 'fixlist', one of them was the problem, I suspect it was one of the services at the end.

HKLM...Run: [Energy Management] => C:Program Files (x86)LenovoEnergy ManagementEnergy Management.exe [17097200 2013-12-21] (Lenovo (Beijing) Limited)

HKLM...Run: [EnergyUtility] => C:Program Files (x86)LenovoEnergy ManagementUtility.exe [193008 2013-12-21] (Lenovo(beijing) Limited)

HKLM-x32...Run: [331BigDog] => C:Program Files (x86)USB CameraVM331STI.EXE [552960 2013-03-01] (Vimicro)

HKLM-x32...Run: [RemoteControl10] => C:Program Files (x86)LenovoPowerDVD10PDVD10Serv.exe [95192 2013-03-09] (CyberLink Corp.)

HKLM-x32...Run: [APSDaemon] => C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesAppleApple Application SupportAPSDaemon.exe [59720 2013-09-13] (Apple Inc.)

HKLM-x32...Run: [iTunesHelper] => C:Program Files (x86)iTunesiTunesHelper.exe [152392 2013-11-02] (Apple Inc.)

HKLM-x32...Run: [BlueStacks Agent] => C:Program Files (x86)BlueStacksHD-Agent.exe [811792 2014-01-20] (BlueStack Systems, Inc.)

HKUS-1-5-21-108747036-1597516160-757816120-1002...MountPoints2: {e0c45c6a-63b0-11e5-bf10-342387e7b755} - "F:AutoRun.exe" 

HKUS-1-5-21-108747036-1597516160-757816120-1002...MountPoints2: {e0c45cd4-63b0-11e5-bf10-342387e7b755} - "F:AutoRun.exe" 

HKUS-1-5-21-108747036-1597516160-757816120-1002...MountPoints2: {e0c4686a-63b0-11e5-bf10-201a06921033} - "F:AutoRun.exe" 

HKUS-1-5-21-108747036-1597516160-757816120-1002...MountPoints2: {e0c468bd-63b0-11e5-bf10-201a06921033} - "F:AutoRun.exe" 

HKUS-1-5-21-108747036-1597516160-757816120-1002...MountPoints2: {e0c469b3-63b0-11e5-bf10-201a06921033} - "F:AutoRun.exe" 

HKUS-1-5-18...Winlogon: [Shell] C:windowsExplorer.exe [4528168 2015-07-10] (Microsoft Corporation)  Catalog9 - Broken internet access due to missing entry.  Catalog9-x64 - Broken internet access due to missing entry.  DefaultScope value is missing

StartMenuInternet: (HKLM) Opera - C:Program Files (x86)OperaOpera.exe hxxp://www.istartsurf.com/?type=sc&ts=1430075528&from=obw&uid=ST500LT012-9WS142_W0VHXHCYXXXXW0VHXHCY

R2 AdaptiveSleepService; C:Program FilesATI TechnologiesATI.ACEA4AdaptiveSleepService.exe [103424 2013-04-25] () [File not signed]

S3 AMD FUEL Service; C:Program FilesATI TechnologiesATI.ACEFuelFuel.Service.exe [361984 2013-04-25] (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.) [File not signed]

S2 BstHdAndroidSvc; C:Program Files (x86)BlueStacksHD-Service.exe [402192 2014-01-20] (BlueStack Systems, Inc.)

R2 BstHdLogRotatorSvc; C:Program Files (x86)BlueStacksHD-LogRotatorService.exe [385808 2014-01-20] (BlueStack Systems, Inc.)

S3 LSCWinService; C:Program FilesLenovoLenovo Solution CenterAppLSCWinService.exe [272776 2014-10-16] ()

R2 NitroDriverReadSpool8; C:Program FilesCommon FilesNitroPro8.0NitroPDFDriverService8x64.exe [230408 2012-12-14] (Nitro PDF Software)

R2 X5XSEx_Pr148; C:Program Files (x86)FreeRide GamesX5XSEx_Pr148.Sys [56136 2012-08-03] (Exent Technologies Ltd.)

Some ideas which may help..

1. Download and run "Anvir Task Manager Free". You can even put a portable version on a USB stick. This will show you all the processes and services running on your machine. You can start and stop services or change their startup type. And you can view and switch on/off all the things that startup from the registry.




2. If you're really curious to look at the eventlog, you could find other tools for dumping events to a file (sorry I've never used these).

I would start with seeing if I could roll my computer back using a restore point and then adding back the updates a few at a time until I found the offending update.