Hi Gil,
- What is the exact issue you are facing with Windows 8.1?
- Is your system connected to a domain?
Event Viewer is a tool that displays detailed information about significant events (for example, programs that don't start as expected or updates that are downloaded automatically) on your computer. Event Viewer can be helpful when troubleshooting problems and errors with Windows and other programs.
These Events may occur:
Event ID 2002: If W3SVC is not available, HTTP performance counter data cannot be gathered.
Event ID 1017: This error might be caused by one of the following conditions:
• A non-Microsoft DLL caused the error.
• The list of counters is corrupt.
• The Remote Registry service is not running on a remote system.
• The File and Printer Sharing firewall exception is not enabled on a remote system running Windows Vista.
• The application is running as a user with insufficient privileges.
Event ID 3007: This may occur due to any corrupted Windows Search settings.
Let’s refer to the articles and see if the steps provided help you to fix the issue:
Event ID 2002 — IIS W3SVC Performance Counter Availability
Event ID 1017 — Performance Library Availability
Event ID 3007 — Search Indexer Performance Counter Availability
Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance with Windows related issues. We will be happy to help.