https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53461
--- Comment #1 from François Gouget fgouget@codeweavers.com --- advapi32:eventlog causes the event log service to crash on Windows 10 2004 and 2009 (see bug 54614). This is probably what causes this bug.
Also note that when the event logger service crashes it gets restarted after 60 seconds. advapi32:service run too soon after advapi32:eventlog so the service will not have restarted yet. But tests running later on could successfully connect to the service.