Wednesday, March 18, 2009

How to Fix “Could Not Connect to the System Event Notification Service” Error in Windows Vista

How to Fix “Could Not Connect to the System Event Notification Service” Error in Windows Vista

This totally worked!

Here for posterity

1- Log on to your Windows system. Just ignore the error message for the time being.

2- Go to Windows Start button -> All Programs -> Accessories

3- Right click on Windows Command Prompt and choose Run as administrator. Wait for the Command Prompt to launch.

4- Using the command prompt, navigate to the C:\Windows\System32\ folder.

5- Type “netsh” and press Enter. The prompt will change to netsh>

6- Type “Winsock reset“. Press Enter once more.

7- Reboot your computer.