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Here is the latest info on this problem just in case someone else has the same experience.
Some of the error messages I received prior to the Event Viewer failing may or may not be related to EV's problems. Those error messages were:
"Load ycc fail!!"
"GUI MFC application has stopped working"
Both of those were caused by EasyTuner6, a Gigabyte BIOS utility for tuning (overclocking) your BIOS from Windows environment, instead of in the BIOS itself. The fix for this is to uninstall the app, which usually requires Revo Uninstaller, as the app's own uninstaller rarely works. I'm still not sure if these two issues are related to the Event Viewer/log service crash.
The third error message was:
"MMC has stopped working"
This error is definitely related to the Event Viewer problem. Unfortunately, I cannot find any easy or elegant fix, (of course that doesn't mean one isn't out there, only that I couldn't find it), just a repair install. This problem pops up in Vista and Server 2008 as well.