Vista - Boot up Issues - Critical Event Log errors - Event ID = 100, 200, 400, 307, 402

I am getting lots of critical errors in the event viewer. Event ID = 100, 200, 400, 307, 402.... (Below are the details for a couple of them). I have seen several posts on the web for this issue but no solutions. It seems to be an issue that affects a lot of vista installs on all different pc / laptops. I'm running an IBM (lenovo) T61 laptop. I don't know if these issues are related but frequently when I reboot the laptop it will hang during the boot up. When this happens I need to Hard Boot the laptop, I will then get the message that windows did not shut down correctly and asks to 1) run a repair restore or 2) boot window normal. Sometimes I need to do this several times before it will boot up. I’m afraid the day is coming where it will not boot up at all.

I would appreciate any information someone might have.

Thanks...

****Event ID = 200****
Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance/Operational
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance
Date: 1/26/2009 9:02:57 AM
Event ID: 200
Task Category: Shutdown Performance Monitoring
Level: Critical
Keywords: Event Log
User: LOCAL SERVICE
Computer: xxxx
Description:
Windows has shutdown:
Shutdown Duration : 153587ms
IsDegradation : false
Incident Time (UTC) : 1/26/2009 3:17:21 PM
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance" Guid="{cfc18ec0-96b1-4eba-961b-622caee05b0a}" />
<EventID>200</EventID>
<Version>1</Version>
<Level>1</Level>
<Task>4007</Task>
<Opcode>40</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000010000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-01-26T14:02:57.617Z" />
<EventRecordID>1606</EventRecordID>
<Correlation ActivityID="{00000000-F6C8-0000-2FD7-4D2ABE7FC901}" />
<Execution ProcessID="1388" ThreadID="3128" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance/Operational</Channel>
<Computer>xxxx</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-19" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="ShutdownTsVersion">1</Data>
<Data Name="ShutdownStartTime">2009-01-26T15:17:21.152Z</Data>
<Data Name="ShutdownEndTime">2009-01-26T15:19:54.740Z</Data>
<Data Name="ShutdownTime">153587</Data>
<Data Name="ShutdownUserSessionTime">102404</Data>
<Data Name="ShutdownUserPolicyTime">271</Data>
<Data Name="ShutdownUserProfilesTime">2570</Data>
<Data Name="ShutdownSystemSessionsTime">35571</Data>
<Data Name="ShutdownPreShutdownNotificationsTime">2304</Data>
<Data Name="ShutdownServicesTime">20006</Data>
<Data Name="ShutdownKernelTime">15611</Data>
<Data Name="ShutdownRootCauseStepImprovementBits">0</Data>
<Data Name="ShutdownRootCauseGradualImprovementBits">256</Data>
<Data Name="ShutdownRootCauseStepDegradationBits">0</Data>
<Data Name="ShutdownRootCauseGradualDegradationBits">0</Data>
<Data Name="ShutdownIsDegradation">false</Data>
<Data Name="ShutdownTimeChange">0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>


****Event ID = 100****
Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance/Operational
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance
Date: 1/3/2009 3:19:29 AM
Event ID: 100
Task Category: Boot Performance Monitoring
Level: Critical
Keywords: Event Log
User: LOCAL SERVICE
Computer: xxxx
Description:
Windows has started up:
Boot Duration : 205140ms
IsDegradation : false
Incident Time (UTC) : 1/3/2009 8:15:29 AM
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance" Guid="{cfc18ec0-96b1-4eba-961b-622caee05b0a}" />
<EventID>100</EventID>
<Version>1</Version>
<Level>1</Level>
<Task>4002</Task>
<Opcode>34</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000010000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-01-03T08:19:29.949Z" />
<EventRecordID>1457</EventRecordID>
<Correlation ActivityID="{00000000-9B8C-0001-4D02-C1707B6DC901}" />
<Execution ProcessID="1476" ThreadID="2320" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance/Operational</Channel>
<Computer>xxxx</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-19" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="BootTsVersion">2</Data>
<Data Name="BootStartTime">2009-01-03T08:15:29.687Z</Data>
<Data Name="BootEndTime">2009-01-03T08:19:19.029Z</Data>
<Data Name="SystemBootInstance">185</Data>
<Data Name="UserBootInstance">178</Data>
<Data Name="BootTime">205140</Data>
<Data Name="MainPathBootTime">150940</Data>
<Data Name="BootKernelInitTime">26</Data>
<Data Name="BootDriverInitTime">13517</Data>
<Data Name="BootDevicesInitTime">15265</Data>
<Data Name="BootPrefetchInitTime">64177</Data>
<Data Name="BootPrefetchBytes">723615744</Data>
<Data Name="BootAutoChkTime">0</Data>
<Data Name="BootSmssInitTime">29479</Data>
<Data Name="BootCriticalServicesInitTime">5969</Data>
<Data Name="BootUserProfileProcessingTime">5322</Data>
<Data Name="BootMachineProfileProcessingTime">2291</Data>
<Data Name="BootExplorerInitTime">13481</Data>
<Data Name="BootNumStartupApps">38</Data>
<Data Name="BootPostBootTime">54200</Data>
<Data Name="BootIsRebootAfterInstall">false</Data>
<Data Name="BootRootCauseStepImprovementBits">512</Data>
<Data Name="BootRootCauseGradualImprovementBits">0</Data>
<Data Name="BootRootCauseStepDegradationBits">4</Data>
<Data Name="BootRootCauseGradualDegradationBits">4</Data>
<Data Name="BootIsDegradation">false</Data>
<Data Name="BootIsStepDegradation">false</Data>
<Data Name="BootIsGradualDegradation">false</Data>
<Data Name="BootImprovementDelta">0</Data>
<Data Name="BootDegradationDelta">0</Data>
<Data Name="BootIsRootCauseIdentified">true</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>


****Event ID = 400****
Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance/Operational
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance
Date: 2/15/2009 9:51:42 AM
Event ID: 400
Task Category: System Performance Monitoring
Level: Critical
Keywords: Event Log
User: LOCAL SERVICE
Computer: xxxxx
Description:
Information about the system performance monitoring event:
Scenario : System Responsiveness
Analysis result : Analysis could not be performed in time. There is a possible serious performance issue
Incident Time (UTC) : 2/15/2009 2:49:26 PM
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance" Guid="{cfc18ec0-96b1-4eba-961b-622caee05b0a}" />
<EventID>400</EventID>
<Version>1</Version>
<Level>1</Level>
<Task>4005</Task>
<Opcode>37</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000010000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-02-15T14:51:42.799Z" />
<EventRecordID>1693</EventRecordID>
<Correlation ActivityID="{00000000-A6C8-0000-2155-6BAA7B8FC901}" />
<Execution ProcessID="2016" ThreadID="2216" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance/Operational</Channel>
<Computer>xxxxx</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-19" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="ShellScenarioStartTime">2009-02-15T14:49:26.386Z</Data>
<Data Name="ShellScenarioEndTime">2009-02-15T14:49:31.386Z</Data>
<Data Name="ShellSubScenario">1</Data>
<Data Name="ShellScenarioDuration">5000</Data>
<Data Name="ShellRootCauseBits">0</Data>
<Data Name="ShellAnalysisResult">2</Data>
<Data Name="ShellDegradationType">1</Data>
<Data Name="ShellTsVersion">1</Data>
<Data Name="ShellMachineUpTimeHours">0</Data>
<Data Name="ShellMachineSleepPattern">0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

I fear you are close to a catastrophic Windows Crash, Which may or may not allow you to recover and boot into Windows.
I suggest You Use Vista File Backup Ultility right now and back up your User Data, then Reformat/Restall Windows ASAP. It is hard to tell what is causing the critical performance issues, but you can check here. If it is a hardware issue , Reinstalling Vista will not fix it.

Repair Install For Vista

Start> in search type, perfmon > click the program, click "continue"> Click "Reliability Monitor" to see what Software/Hardware issues are occurring

Ps- Do Not Use Registry Cleaners, Get Yourself a good Antivirus Program, Use Windows Defender, and ALWAYS use UAC, and maybe, if this is software related, it will not occur again.