Karma cannot connect to Chrome in Windows 7 - google-chrome

Question

karma start Launches Chrome with correct URL but Chrome just sits there and spins. Also, no other url will work in that window that Karma launched.
Same behavior with Canary
Similar issue with FireFox
Opera and IE work!
if I copy/paste the URL into a functioning Chrome browser, it CONNECTS but after the original test window times out the server shuts down
For some reason I cannot launch Chrome with the user-data flag: --user-data-dir=C:\tmp\karma-7572069 -- it's the same behavior... the browser just spins and no other url works in that window
deleted all user profiles in Chrome & Firefox and re-installed them both... no go
ANY SUGGESTIONS?
After googling and pouring over umpteen similar SO issues I thought for sure it had to do with a corrupt user profile... but after wiping the Chrome user folder and re-installing etc, what else could I try?
Karma: 0.12.28
Chrome: 39.0.2171.95 m
Windows 7
debug log:
DEBUG [config]: Loading config d:\Code\test2\karma.conf.js
DEBUG [plugin]: Loading karma-* from d:\Code\test2\node_modules
DEBUG [plugin]: Loading plugin d:\Code\test2\node_modules/karma-chrome-launcher.
DEBUG [plugin]: Loading plugin d:\Code\test2\node_modules/karma-firefox-launcher.
DEBUG [plugin]: Loading plugin d:\Code\test2\node_modules/karma-ie-launcher.
DEBUG [plugin]: Loading plugin d:\Code\test2\node_modules/karma-jasmine.
DEBUG [plugin]: Loading plugin d:\Code\test2\node_modules/karma-opera-launcher.
INFO [karma]: Karma v0.12.28 server started at http://localhost:9876/
INFO [launcher]: Starting browser Chrome
DEBUG [temp-dir]: Creating temp dir at C:\tmp\karma-7572069
DEBUG [launcher]: C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe --user-data-dir=C:\tmp\karma-7572069 --no-default-browser-check --no-first-run --disable-default-apps --disable-popup-blocking --disable-translate http://localhost:9876/?id=7572069
DEBUG [watcher]: Resolved files:
d:/Code/test2/node_modules/jasmine-core/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
d:/Code/test2/node_modules/karma-jasmine/lib/boot.js
d:/Code/test2/node_modules/karma-jasmine/lib/adapter.js
WARN [launcher]: Chrome have not captured in 60000 ms, killing.
DEBUG [launcher]: Process Chrome exited with code 0
DEBUG [temp-dir]: Cleaning temp dir C:\tmp\karma-7572069
INFO [launcher]: Trying to start Chrome again (1/2).
DEBUG [launcher]: Restarting Chrome
DEBUG [temp-dir]: Creating temp dir at C:\tmp\karma-7572069
DEBUG [launcher]: C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe --user-data-dir=C:\tmp\karma-7572069 --no-default-browser-check --no-first-run --disable-default-apps --disable-popup-blocking --disable-translate http://localhost:9876/?id=7572069
WARN [launcher]: Chrome have not captured in 60000 ms, killing.
DEBUG [launcher]: Process Chrome exited with code 0
DEBUG [temp-dir]: Cleaning temp dir C:\tmp\karma-7572069
INFO [launcher]: Trying to start Chrome again (2/2).
DEBUG [launcher]: Restarting Chrome
DEBUG [temp-dir]: Creating temp dir at C:\tmp\karma-7572069
DEBUG [launcher]: C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe --user-data-dir=C:\tmp\karma-7572069 --no-default-browser-check --no-first-run --disable-default-apps --disable-popup-blocking --disable-translate http://localhost:9876/?id=7572069
WARN [launcher]: Chrome have not captured in 60000 ms, killing.
DEBUG [launcher]: Process Chrome exited with code 0
DEBUG [temp-dir]: Cleaning temp dir C:\tmp\karma-7572069
ERROR [launcher]: Chrome failed 2 times (timeout). Giving up.
DEBUG [launcher]: Disconnecting all browsers

Answer 1

Figured it out. My console was being run as a non-admin. Booo. Now everything works.