Critical Process Died

Hi Guys

I need help. As computers go I am 7 out of 10 a far as knowledge goes so not completely dumb. However, in the last week my computer as far as I am aware has not done any updating apart fro Kaspersky updates. I run windows 8 and for some reason I have had this message Critical process Died and my desktop has completely changed. When windows tries to boot it takes for ever, then once logged in I get 'preparing windows' When I eventually get to a screen it says I am logged in only with a temporary profile and anything I add will be lost when I turn it of. My desktop is totally different?? Its totally useless as it is, I have tried to boot with boot disk nothing happens, I have tried to update windows updates, many drivers all are up to date, I thus think its not HD corruption as I can see files, I can surf etc..once its up and running. so not hardware is it? Any ideas what I can try?

If you want log files please explain what you need and how and I will try and get them to you asap.

Again thanks in advance for any help

For starters:

At work we start all repairs with a set of diagnostics. Often they find problems that weren't even expected. It's a waste of time to try to fix software on a system that has hardware problems.
Please try these free diagnostics for starters: Initial Hardware Diagnostics
Also, please ensure that you have ALL available Windows Updates (it may take several trips to get them all).

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Be sure that you run the malware scans in case something has slipped by your Kaspersky.


Please do the following:
- open Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc)
- expand the Custom Views category (left click on the > next to the words "Custom Views")
- right click on Administrative Events
- select "Save all Events in Custom View as..."
- save the file as Admin.evtx
- zip up the file (right click on it, select "Send to", select "Compressed (zipped) folder")
- upload it with your next post (if it's too big, then upload it to a free file-hosting service and post a link here).

Please provide this information so we can provide a complete analysis (even though you're not reporting BSOD's): http://www.eightforums.com/bsod-cra...e-screen-death-bsod-posting-instructions.html