400″>Windows 10 is the newest version of the Windows operating system which was first released in 2015 and was made as a free upgrade to people who were running Windows 7 or Windows 8 on their computers. Although this is a solid performing operating system there are instances when certain issues can occur which we will be addressing today. In this latest installment of our troubleshooting series we will tackle the Windows 10 failed to connect to Windows service error.
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How To Fix Windows 10 Failed To Connect To Windows Service Error
Before performing any of the recommended troubleshooting steps listed below it’s best to restart your computer first. This action refreshes the operating system and remove any corrupt temporary data that could be causing the problem.
There are several factors that can cause this particular problem ranging from a loss of registry settings during an unexpected shutdown to a corrupted file. Listed below are the troubleshooting steps you need to do to fix this problem.
Use the registry editor to restore the Windows components
- Press the Windows Logo key + R to open the Run dialog, type regedit into the Run dialog and click on OK.
- In the left pane of the Registry Editor go to the directory : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Services
- Look for a folder named gpsvc.
- If gpsvc is present, then go to the directory : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows NT > CurrentVersion > SvcHost
- Check for a multi-string value GPSvsGroup inside SvcHost. If it is not present, you are going to have to create it yourself. In order to create the multi-string value, right-click on the SvcHost folder, hover over New and click on Multi-String Value.
- Rename the new multi-string value GPSvcGroup by right-clicking it, clicking on Rename, typing in GPSvcGroup and pressing Enter. Now, double click on the GPSvcGroup value to modify it, replace whatever is in the Value data field with GPSvc and click on OK.
- Create a new folder (key) inside SvcHost. To do so, right-click on SvcHost in the left pane, hover over New and click on Key. Rename the new registry key GPSvcGroup.
- Click on the GPSvcGroup key in the left pane to have its contents displayed in the right pane. You now need to create 2 new DWORD (32-bit) values in the right pane of GPSvcGroup.
- Right-click on an empty space in the right pane, hover over New and click on DWORD (32-bit) Value. This process needs to be repeated 2 times to create a total of 2 new DWORD (32-bit) values.
- The first value needs to be renamed AuthenticationCapabilities and should have 12320 as its Value data and Decimal as its base.
- The second value needs to be renamed CoInitializeSecurityParam and should have 1 as its Value data and Decimal as its base.
- Close the Registry Editor.
- Restart the computer.
Check if the Windows 10 failed to connect to Windows service error still occurs.
Perform a clean boot
- Log in with an Administrator account.
- Press “Windows” + “R” to open up the “RUN” prompt
- Type in “msconfig” and press “Enter“
- Click on the “Services” option and uncheck the “Hide all Microsoft Services” button
- Click on the “Disable All” option and then on “OK“.
- Click on the “Startup” tab and click on the “Open Task Manager” option
- Click on the “Startup” button in the task manager.
- Click on any application in the list that has “Enabled” written next to it and select the “Disable” option.
- Repeat this process for all applications in the list and restart your computer.
- You computer is now in the“Clean Boot” state.
Check if the Windows 10 failed to connect to Windows service error still occurs. If the issue goes away, repeat the above process and enable one service at a time. Identify the service by enabling which the issue comes back and keep it disabled to fix the issue.
Reset the Winsock catalog
- Open the Start Menu.
- Search for “cmd”.
- Right-click on the search result titled cmd and click on Run as administrator. Doing so will launch an elevated Command Prompt.
- Type the following into the elevated Command Prompt and press Enter: netsh winsock reset
- Close the elevated Command Prompt.
- Restart the computer.
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Allow Full Control of relevant registry keys to Administrators using the Registry Editor
- Press the Windows Logo key + R to open a Run
- Type regedit into the Run dialog and press Enter to launch the Registry Editor.
- In the left pane of the Registry Editor, navigate to the following directory: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > services
- In the left pane of the Registry Editor, right-click on the gpsvc sub-key under the services key and click on Permissions… in the context menu.
- Click on Advanced.
- Navigate to the Owner
- Under the Change owner to: section, click on Administrators to select it, enable the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects option by checking the box beside it, click Apply and then click on OK.
- In the left pane of the Registry Editor, right-click on the gpsvc sub-key under the services key and click on Permissions… in the context menu.
- Click on Advanced.
- Click on Administrators to select it and click on Edit….
- Check the Allow box directly in front of Full Control and click on OK.
- Enable the Replace all child object permissions with inheritable permissions from this object option by checking the box beside it.
- Click on Apply and then on OK.
- Click on Apply and then on OK, but this time in the Permissions for gpsvc
- Download the default configuration of the Windows 10 gpsvc registry key.
- Back in the Registry Editor, click on File > Import….
- In the Import Registry File dialog, navigate to where the registry file you downloaded in step 14 is located, click on the registry file to select it and click on Open.
- You may be asked to confirm the import of the registry file or the merging of it with the affected computer’s registry, so be sure to confirm the action.
- Once the downloaded registry file has been successfully imported and merged with the computer’s registry, restart the computer.
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Turn Fast Startup off
- Right-click on the Start Menu button to open the WinX Menu.
- Click on Power Options.
- Click on Choose what the power buttons do in the right pane of the window.
- Click on Change settings that are currently unavailable.
- Uncheck the checkbox beside Turn on Fast Startup (recommended), thus disabling it.
- Click on Save changes.
- Restart the computer.
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