"The pipe state is invalid"

[Joseph Hahn]

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?

 

[Guest]

call a plumber

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?

 

[Alun Harford]

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

 

[Julian]

Give it a few prods with a needle.

 

[Spirit]

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/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/w2000Msgs/3768.mspx?mfr=true
Vista - Contact Supplier of application causing error

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