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"Cannot connect to a windows service." problem

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fri3ndlygiant

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A couple days ago this lroblem started. Every time I turn my computer on it says the message above in a pop up in the bottom right corner of the screen. I was wondering if any of you can help me. Thanks.
 
Run eventvwr, go into the Windows system log, and find the 'service control manager' entry which is probably present saying which service couldn't start.

If there isn't such an entry, then look for errors/warnings/critical messages.
 
Screenshot would be nice. It is highly unusual for Windows to display an error that uses technical language ("Windows service") and yet be so vague, so I'm wondering if this is actually Windows or if it's a third-party program (or worse, malware). I'm thinking the latter.
 
code65536 said:
Screenshot would be nice. It is highly unusual for Windows to display an error that uses technical language ("Windows service") and yet be so vague, so I'm wondering if this is actually Windows or if it's a third-party program (or worse, malware). I'm thinking the latter.
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That could be possible. I don't download a lot of stuff I don't know about so I think I am ok. Today I started my computer and it didn't have the pop up. Do you think it is ok now? Also, I forgot to mention that it said that this problem prevents non administrative users from logging on. I think it is ok now, unless you think it is a virus. I will scan my computer.
 
fri3ndlygiant said:
Today I started my computer and it didn't have the pop up. Do you think it is ok now? Also, I forgot to mention that it said that this problem prevents non administrative users from logging on. I think it is ok now, unless you think it is a virus. I will scan my computer.
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It's really hard to tell right now without more information. A screenshot (because usually--though not always--an experienced user can tell if a message is legitimate or not by looking at it because people often do a bad job of spoofing these things) and a check of the event logs as suggested earlier would result in less guessing in the dark.

Also, the anti-malware software on a computer is the very first thing that modern malware cripples, so just because a "scan" shows no problems doesn't mean that there isn't any.
 
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