If the *.evt files are corrupted, you may encounter the error messages mentioned here. There are various reasons why the Event Viewer log files can be corrupted ...
According to veteran Microsoft engineer Raymond Chen, updates from the company aren't always to blame for borked customer ...
According to the official KB5079391 change log, the rollout was paused because users are seeing an "error 0x80073712" message ...
In addition to rolling out patches to address two zero-days affecting SQL Server and .NET, Microsoft introduced Common Log File System hardening with signature verification.