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Offline jimbow86

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Failed to connect to a Windows service
« on: March 24, 2016, 05:02:15 pm »
I am running Windows 10 64 getting Failed to connect to a Windows service 2 or 3 times a week. I restart my computer and it working most of the time.
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Re: Failed to connect to a Windows service
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2016, 08:44:30 pm »
Can you post a screen shot of what you are seeing?

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Re: Failed to connect to a Windows service
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2016, 11:38:45 am »
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Re: Failed to connect to a Windows service
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2016, 03:53:49 am »
This article looks useful as a fix for that - http://appuals.com/best-fix-failed-to-connect-to-windows-service/

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Re: Failed to connect to a Windows service
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2016, 08:54:40 am »
Are you able to go into the event viewer and look at why it had trouble starting?

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