Fix: Failed to connect to Windows service

Please see my response to your previous question.

Well, first of all you can close chrome go back to %LOCALAPPDATA%GoogleChromeUser Data delete the new default folder, and rename the one you renamed earlier to Default (this will restore) previous settings. 2ndly, it is unclear as to what plugin is needed for this app to run? Can you send me the link to the app?

Hi Kevin,

I am guessing you didn’t see my other message. I already solved the problem by going to the folder you suggested and deleting all the old google files completely. Then I reloaded Google Chrome and logged into my Google account and synced everything and it was just as it was before, Took me a week to figure out, but I got it done. Sorry to bother you.

Thank you for your reply. I really appreciate your time.

Have a Great Day!

Hi Kevin, I just wanted to let you know that I solved the problem.

I previously had uninstalled Google and reloaded it after trying to re-download Shockwave with no success. When installed Google again same problem, because it had all the old files in my computer, so it went right back to the same problem.

I went in to computer, Local, App data, google, and deleted everything related to Google. After that I reloaded Google again and it worked perfect, so far anyway…

Since I had all my google info backed up in my google account. It reloaded everything exactly as it was before after I signed in and synced everything.

If anything else goes awry I will let you know, but for now all looks great!

Have a great day!

I forgot to mention this which is probably pretty important for you to know. This problem only exists when I open the app with google. If I use IE it opens normally. The thing is I really don’t use IE to much. My preference is Google. I tried to attach a screenshot of the app when I enable and disable the plugin, but apparently I am not able to.

Hi Kevin, I am having another issue and I praying you can help me? I have a Streaming app for the stock market which I have been using for the last 10 years with no problem. About a week ago, I installed a VPN program on the computer, but it was slowing my computer down terribly, so I uninstalled it. I used the streaming while I had it installed, not sure if this has anything to do with the problem or not? Anyway, all my other sites are working normally, except Set Streaming. I have been trying to fix itmyself for about 4-5 days now with no success. I think I have complicated the problem by going to Google forum and following their advice. They suggested going to google folder and changing the name of the Default folder to Backup Default. Now I have lost some of my favorits sites which were on my Bookmark bar. The problem is when I load the streaming app, it gives me the message “couldn’t load plugin” If I go to chrome:plugins and disable the Shockwave flash. It then tells me to load Shcowave flash. If I download it, still the same problem. So I enable it again and still cannot load the plugin. Do you have any suggesttions to solve this issue?

I got it back then but it didn’t happen for the second time.

are you getting the blue screen with bad pool header?

Hi there! I really need your help. U was goig through your site because i got that same mesaage regarding windows client couldnt start. Hiwever before that, i am getti g this ‘dll’ error which says ‘overs non representational.dill’ couldnt not be started. Alsi, few days back, i got a bad pool header error. M tellung so that it would help to look into this better if all of this is related.
Thanks a ton!

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Well, just throwing my two cents out there… so far it seems like it was the system restore that helped me out. I did the first one listed, nothing. I did not do the second solution because I just was too unsure about it to try it. I looked at the comments and tried the winsock reset, but it seems like it’s the system restore.

My story is two days ago I was using Chrome like I have been for forever, but then (I forget exactly how) it stopped working. I also had another browser open, and it was still doing its thing, so I figured (even though not very logical) there was a problem on google’s end. Even tried to reinstall it, but that didn’t act like it really should have. I restarted and then I saw the bubble with that message for the first time. Started looking around, found this site. And like I said, tried the stuff listed here. But last night and this morning, still with the message, I had the added bonus of Windows explorer acting very screwy - freezing up, taking forever for a folder with pictures to show up if it even shows all the pictures, and earlier the icons on the desktop didn’t show up until much later. So something was getting worse. I tried everything again, but this time did the system restore, and so far, so good. I think I have to reinstall chrome because that did not come up, but the similar dragon browser did…

So, that is my story, but I do have this bookmarked just in case. I don’t know what caused it because I haven’t seen any updates for perhaps two weeks at least, and I have it set so they aren’t automatic but downloaded and I’ll do it when I want. Probably should check to make sure it still is that. But anyway, thanks for the help - and hope I won’t be back. :slight_smile:

Thank you very much. Have a great day!

Don’t worry about the service, and yes the ip conf configuration is normal.

Thank you. That did the trick. Another thing, not that I am planning to make any changes anytime soon, but the Group Policy client feature in the services menu is still grey and inaccessible. Although working, it is not available.

Another question if you don’t mind? The IP address in the ipconfig is the same, except for the IPv4 has a 03 added on at the end. Gateway is 192.168.1.1, but IPv4 is 192.168.1.103. Is this normal?

You need to open cmd first, and then type those commands, it wont close then.

My comment seems to have been deleted. I am not sure if I posted something in the wrong location or what I may have done wrong? Is it possible you might contact me at my email address? Thank you.

Hi K Arrows. I have a small problem since you repaired my computer Group Policy Client. I have been reluctant to bother you because you already helped me so much already. M computer seems to have problems connecting sometimes and a friend told me the IP address and gateway address might be the same and slowing it down? When I go to run command and type in ipconfig. The black box opens and closes immediately, so I cannot see anything. Do you have any suggestions or thoughts as to what might be causing this problem? When I download and upload with BitComet. I always seem to have a problem with the Listen port being blocked and my upload download speed are affected. Never had any issues with this before.

It should be decimal.

I have the same exact question, and I see that yours was never answered. Do you remember if you used decimal for the second Dword? Thank you!

This guide will be updated shortly with two more methods. One of which is the netsh winsock reset.

No, it is for this session only. The code will expire anyway if it isn’t ran within 5 minutes.