Get-WinEvent Windows 8: The data is invalid

[ThomasICG]

I cannot run Get-WinEvent on either of my 2 Windows 8 machines. I have tried running them i -version 2 mode, it's stille the same. I get the following error:

Get-WinEvent : The data is invalid
At line:1 char:1

• Get-WinEvent
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: ) [Get-WinEvent], EventLogInvalidDataException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : The data is invalid,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWinEventCommand


PS information:

Name : ConsoleHost
Version : 3.0
InstanceId : aff4c974-06cc-476c-ae75-5763aaed7141
UI : System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostUserInterface
CurrentCulture : da-DK
CurrentUICulture : en-GB
PrivateData : Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost+ConsoleColorProxy
IsRunspacePushed : False
Runspace : System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalRunspace

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