Failed to connect to an IPC Port

Hi TomH309, I am Rob, an Independent Advisor not affiliated with Microsoft and a 15 time and dual award Microsoft MVP specializing in Windows troubleshooting and Bluescreen analysis. Please remember as independents we are not responsible for the development of Windows or the computer hardware and drivers. If you will work with me I will be here to help until the issue is resolved.

IPC = Inter-Process Communications

https://itcomprehension.com/ipc-ports-services-...

The required fix could be a change in a program's settings, changes in the firewall, or other changes.

You likely have a program in Startup that is not able to properly establish its required connections. Use the Clean Boot Method (a process of elimination) to determine the program in question. Uncheck 1/2 of the programs in Startup and then Restart the computer. If you still get the error then the issue in one of the programs you still have running (checked). If the error is gone the issue was with one of the programs not running (unchecked). And so on until you discover which program is the cause.

Once you have found the program in question then you will need to check with its support to discover the solution as the possible solutions are program-specific.

Of course, I will be here to help as much as I can.

Right Click the start button - Command Prompt (Admin) OR Windows PowerShell (Admin) - at the prompt type in

MSCONFIG

and hit enter

How to perform a clean boot in Windows

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929135

Other programs to help :

Autoruns - Free - See what programs are configured to startup automatically

when your system boots and you login. Autoruns also shows you the full list of Registry and file locations where applications can configure auto-start settings.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals...

Process Explorer - Free - Find out what files, registry keys, and other objects processes have open, which DLLs they have loaded, and more. This uniquely powerful utility will even show you who owns each process.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals...

Process Monitor - Free - an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry, and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and non-destructive filtering, comprehensive event properties such as session IDs and user names, reliable process information, full thread stacks with integrated symbol support for each operation, simultaneous logging to a file, and much more. Its uniquely powerful features will make Process Monitor a core utility in your system troubleshooting and malware hunting toolkit.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/d...

Here to help,

Rob

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