Windows 11 bug breaks Event Viewer - Event Type Column showing Numbers instead of text


Kal

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Hi All

On my laptop the Event Viewer display the following information in the Event Type Column (1), (2), (3), (4), etc instead of Critical, Error, Warning, Information

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Windows 11 Home
OS
Windows 11 Home
yes, for me too, since the first installation
 

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Windows 11Intel I7 6820 HQ QuadCore16 gbIntel HD 530, Nvidia Qudro M1000M
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
Lenovo P50
CPU
Intel I7 6820 HQ QuadCore
Memory
16 gb
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD 530, Nvidia Qudro M1000M
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
1920x1080
Screen Resolution
Wide viewing angle & High density FlexView Display 1920x1080
Hard Drives
SSD
Same here, works correctly 1st time after reboot then display is incorrect. Tried deleting all events and no help. Have it on 2 different PC’s One PC running home other running pro
 

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Winsows 11 Pro11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1195G7 @ 2.90GHz16.00 GBIntel Tiger Lake-UP3 - GT2 Integrated Graphic...
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Winsows 11 Pro
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
HP HP Pavilion Laptop 15-eg1xxx
CPU
11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1195G7 @ 2.90GHz
Motherboard
HP 898C Intel Tiger Lake-UP3 PCH-LP
Memory
16.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel Tiger Lake-UP3 - GT2 Integrated Graphics [Hewlett-Packard
Sound Card
Intel Tiger Lake-U/Y PCH-LP - cAVS (Audio, Voice, Speech)
Monitor(s) Displays
L2251x Wide
Hard Drives
SAMSUNG MZVLQ1T0HBLB-00BH1
WDC WD20NMVW-11EDZS7
Same here, works correctly 1st time after reboot then display is incorrect. Tried deleting all events and no help. Have it on 2 different PC’s One PC running home other running pro
I can confirm, thought it is possibly due to the switchable graphics of the Lenovo W500 and T500, since this is unfortunately no longer 100% compatible since Windows 10, but nice to hear that it is probably not because of it. :giggle:
 

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Windows 11Intel I7 6820 HQ QuadCore16 gbIntel HD 530, Nvidia Qudro M1000M
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
Lenovo P50
CPU
Intel I7 6820 HQ QuadCore
Memory
16 gb
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD 530, Nvidia Qudro M1000M
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
1920x1080
Screen Resolution
Wide viewing angle & High density FlexView Display 1920x1080
Hard Drives
SSD
My laptop only has one graphics card Nvidia RTX 2060.

How has Microsoft managed to break an App that has always worked?
 

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Windows 11 Home
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Windows 11 Home
It has nothing to do with the graphics.

First time opening is fine, close and open again and it's all numbers. This is the same on every machine I have installed W11 on, Intel or AMD cpus with their own in-built graphics, or a Hyper-V virtual machine with Microsoft's own virtual graphics 'hardware'.
 

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    Windows 11 HomeAMD Athlon Silver 3050U8GBRadeon Graphics
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    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 3 A315-23-R9VY
    CPU
    AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    laptop screen
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768 native resolution, up to 2560x1440 with Radeon Virtual Super Resolution
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD (from April 2026: 250GB EVO 850)
    Internet Speed
    150 Mbps
    Browser
    Edge, Firefox
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
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    I've now clean installed 25H2 and used Garlin's scripts to update Secure Boot to CA 2023 and revoke the PCA 2011 certificates. It's new role is to test secure boot issues.

    Info for 2021-2026:
    fully 'Windows 11 ready' laptop. Windows 10 C: partition migrated from my old unsupported 'main machine' then upgraded to 11. A test migration ran Insider builds for 2 months. When 11 was released on 5th October 2021 it was re-imaged back to 10 and was offered the upgrade in Windows Update on 20th October. Windows Update offered the 22H2 Feature Update on 20th September 2022. It got the 23H2 Feature Update on 4th November 2023 through Windows Update, 24H2 on 3rd October 2024 through Windows Update by setting the Target Release Version for 24H2, and 25H2 on 30th September 2025 through Windows Update by setting the Target Release Version for 25H2.
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    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i5-520M
    Motherboard
    0T6M8G
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics card(s)
    (integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500GB Crucial MX500 SSD
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
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    In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround.
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    In-place upgrade to 24H2 using hybrid 23H2/24H2 install media.
    Upgraded to 25H2 by Enablement Package.

    Also running Insider Experimental 263xx and 29xxx builds and Windows 10 as native boot .vhdx.
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    My SYSTEM FOUR was a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e (1st gen) type 20DA, Celeron N2930, 8GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device. This has now been sold. It has been replaced by my System Eight.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 8GB RAM, 1TB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus Insider Beta, Experimental 263xx and 29xxx builds (and a few others) as a native boot .vhdx.

    My SYSTEM SIX is a Dell Latitude 5550, Core Ultra 7 165H, 64GB RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD, supported device, Windows 11 Pro, Hyper-V host machine. Updated to 25H2 on 30th September 2025.

    My SYSTEM SEVEN is a Lenovo Thinkpad T580, 1920x1080 touchscreen, Intel Core i7-8650U, 16GB RAM, 512GB NVMe SSD + 2nd 512GB NVMe SSD, a supported device for Windows 11. This is my current general purpose 'main machine'. The installed Windows 11 Home from my System One has been migrated to this machine. As its new home has an existing digital licence for Pro I've been able to upgrade the migrated OS from Home to Pro.

    My SYSTEM EIGHT is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e (5th gen) type 20LN, Celeron N4120, 8GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, a supported device for Windows 11. Currently running Windows 11 Pro, plus Insider Beta, Experimental 263xx and 29xxx builds as native boot vhdx.
Cannot get it to fail on my Intel laptop with the Intel Graphic drive.
 

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Windows 11 Pro
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED
CPU
Intel Core Ultra
Memory
16GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel(R) Arc Graphics
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio(SST)
Screen Resolution
2880 x 1800
Hard Drives
500 GB NVMe SSD
Internet Speed
1,500Mbps
Browser
Firefox, Edge
Antivirus
Windows Defender
It has nothing to do with the graphics.

First time opening is fine, close and open again and it's all numbers. This is the same on every machine I have installed W11 on, Intel or AMD cpus with their own in-built graphics, or a Hyper-V virtual machine with Microsoft's own virtual graphics 'hardware'.
Yes, so it is it.
 

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Windows 11Intel I7 6820 HQ QuadCore16 gbIntel HD 530, Nvidia Qudro M1000M
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
Lenovo P50
CPU
Intel I7 6820 HQ QuadCore
Memory
16 gb
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD 530, Nvidia Qudro M1000M
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
1920x1080
Screen Resolution
Wide viewing angle & High density FlexView Display 1920x1080
Hard Drives
SSD
It has nothing to do with the graphics.

First time opening is fine, close and open again and it's all numbers. This is the same on every machine I have installed W11 on, Intel or AMD cpus with their own in-built graphics, or a Hyper-V virtual machine with Microsoft's own virtual graphics 'hardware'.

Exact same experience on a cleanly installed Windows 11.
 

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    Motherboard
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    CPU
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    Sound Card
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But it is no Problem, my Win11 22000.168 is working fine, on the old Laptops T500 and Lenovo W500 from the Vista time.
 

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Windows 11Intel I7 6820 HQ QuadCore16 gbIntel HD 530, Nvidia Qudro M1000M
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
Lenovo P50
CPU
Intel I7 6820 HQ QuadCore
Memory
16 gb
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD 530, Nvidia Qudro M1000M
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
1920x1080
Screen Resolution
Wide viewing angle & High density FlexView Display 1920x1080
Hard Drives
SSD
Same here for some time. For me it is called "level" not "Event type", with what should be values of warning, error, info, etc.
 

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    CPU
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    Motherboard
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    Memory
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    Screen Resolution
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    Spinners: Sabrent USB-C DS-SC5B 5-bay docking station, 6TB WDC Black, 6TB Ironwolf Pro 2x 2TB WDC Black
    PSU
    850W Seasonic Vertex PX-850
    Case
    FD North XL Mesh, Black Walnut
    Cooling
    EK Nucleus black 360 AIO w/Phanteks T30 fans; 2 Noctua NF-A14 Chromax ; T30 for memory
    Keyboard
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    Mouse
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    Internet Speed
    575 Mb/s down | 25 Mb/s up
    Browser
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    Antivirus
    Defender, Macrium Reflect X
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