Windows 10: No connection could be made because the Target Machine actively refused it

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When a computer or network device attempts to connect with another device, but the target device refuses the connection, users get No connection could be made because the Target Machine actively refused it. In this article, we will learn how to resolve this issue with ease. No connection could be made because the target machine […]

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No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

dial tcp [::1]:5000: connectex: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

I've tried troubleshotting. Disabling firewall etc - no joy.

The following article sugggest it's an SQL error with the followonh HOT FIX code - KB2482977 - FIX: 10061 Winsock error code occurs when an application uses the extended OLE DB initialization properties for the SQL Server Native Client 10.0 OLE DB provider in the connection string.

But I have not been able to locate it for Download.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...n-string-1e541d86-da1e-3f3b-07c7-785f3a6b3b8f

 

creating a vpn connection

I tried to follow the step to create a vpn connection using my home ip address however when i try to connect to it it state no connection could be made because the target machine actively refuse it

 

Visual Studio/Machine refusing external connections

Since going over to Windows 10, I have had numerous issues which I have mostly resolved.

One problem that I cannot get resolved is that my Visual Studio does not manage to get external link data. I was developing a data input program which consumes 3rd party sources (mostly via REST API sources). All worked fine and is deployed from my Windows 8 machine.

Now I have replaced that machine with a new one and had to use Windows 10. 
I get the following error:

I tried to be methodical and went through the firewall rules, which didn't work.

So I turned it off completely. 
Still the error was the same.

Next I have gone through the same with anti-virus. 
Still get the same error.

So I uninstalled anti-virus (to make sure). 
With both firewall off and the anti-virus uninstalled, I still get this error.

To try to get it down to raw basics, I am using a totally simple basic (C++) project that gets the same error as a result of calling 3rd party source;
you can see it below:

The error is thrown on the line that calls the 3rd party data:

I have checked the same code on other machines on our network to exclude the network firewall from the list of potential problems – it happily works on all other machines on the same network.

So I am at a loss and grateful for any guidance or help you can suggest.