Yeah I know I did it before because it listed every instance of that error. The Speech is a MS thing not sure what.
I added some stuff on to the last post. Double check you may have missed it because I just did it.
Also,
This error could be the issue we need to fix the USB.
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM
Date: 7/16/2014 1:12:13 AM
Event ID: 10016
Here is the older article about it http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899965/en-us This also points to a registry issue which would fit the other issues.
I would follow that article to see if the regedit they have works for yours but make sure you can reverse it since it was for XP. There maybe an article for 8 somewhere. Just haven't found it
You may want to post that error in a new thread to see if someone can give you an exact fix. I would post it here too, http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home They are the systems experts. That is all the do.