"The pipe state is invalid"

I keep getting this error when I try to open alot of my programs,especially
windows
programs such as msconfig or control panel programs.

This started when I turned my toshiba satellite laptop this morning.(was
working fine last night).

Anyone know how to fix this?

call a plumber

"Joseph Hahn" <> wrote in message
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>I keep getting this error when I try to open alot of my programs,especially
>windows
> programs such as msconfig or control panel programs.
>
> This started when I turned my toshiba satellite laptop this morning.(was
> working fine last night).
>
> Anyone know how to fix this?
>



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Joseph Hahn wrote:
> I keep getting this error when I try to open alot of my
> programs,especially windows
> programs such as msconfig or control panel programs.
>
> This started when I turned my toshiba satellite laptop this morning.(was
> working fine last night).
>
> Anyone know how to fix this?

Hmm...

A "pipe" is used for communication between programs running on your
computer. In Vista, pipes have security attributes to prevent tampering.
To cause these problems, I suspect a (faulty or malicious) program is
running as Administrator (you'd need to be confirming this with the UAC
dialog, so you should know...) or a driver is faulty.

Sorry, I don't have an easy solution (never seen that before), but maybe
that will help you looking in the right direction.

Alun Harford

Give it a few prods with a needle.

In XP it requires a service pack so no help in Vista. What are you doing or
running when this error occurs?

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro....mspx?mfr=true
Vista - Contact Supplier of application causing error

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823830
The error in XP


"Alun Harford" <> wrote in message
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> Joseph Hahn wrote:
>> I keep getting this error when I try to open alot of my
>> programs,especially windows
>> programs such as msconfig or control panel programs.
>>
>> This started when I turned my toshiba satellite laptop this morning.(was
>> working fine last night).
>>
>> Anyone know how to fix this?
>
> Hmm...
>
> A "pipe" is used for communication between programs running on your
> computer. In Vista, pipes have security attributes to prevent tampering.
> To cause these problems, I suspect a (faulty or malicious) program is
> running as Administrator (you'd need to be confirming this with the UAC
> dialog, so you should know...) or a driver is faulty.
>
> Sorry, I don't have an easy solution (never seen that before), but maybe
> that will help you looking in the right direction.
>
> Alun Harford