Hi Thomas,
I too was in your same shoes, as I run Windows 7. It was all fixed by following Moon's advice, except you are missing one step. "runservice.exe".
I found that file in my windows folder, and added that to the dep exception list, and voila it worked fine.
I would recommend you do a full search for that file, because I missed adding that to the dep and only the EOS.exe and I had the same problem as you.