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Event ID 1008: Error reporting was unable to report a dirty shutdown

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Error reporting was unable to report a dirty shutdown.

Event 1008
WER-SystemErrorReporting
System log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them) 
Error reporting was unable to report a dirty shutdown.

The primary DNS suffix for this machine is missing.

Event 1008
DNS-Client
System log
Warning
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them) 
The primary DNS suffix for this machine is missing. In the absence of a primary DNS suffix, short unqualified names may not resolve through DNS

Diagnostic miniport warning event on device(Port

Event 1008
StorPort
System log
Warning
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them) 
Diagnostic miniport warning event on device(Port = …).                    
Adapter Guid: …                    
Miniport driver name: …                    
SubsystemId: …                    
ControllerId: …                    
NamespaceId: …                    
TransportType: …                    
TransportAddress: …                    
ProductId: …                    
Firmware revision: …                    
MiniportEventId: …                    
Description: …

Windows failed to diagnose a low virtual memory condition.

Event 1008
Resource-Exhaustion-Detector
System log
Error
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them) 
Windows failed to diagnose a low virtual memory condition.

… has encountered an error when taking action on malware or other potentially unwanted software.

Event 1008
Windows Defender
Windows Defender/Operational log
Error
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them) 
… has encountered an error when taking action on malware or other potentially unwanted software.
 For more information please see the following:
…
 	User: …\…
 	Name: …
 	ID: …
 	Severity: …
 	Category: …
 	Path: …
 	Action: …
 	Error Code: …
 	Error description: …
 	Status: …
 	Security intelligence Version: …
 	Engine Version: …