Rhino encountered a problem and needs to close

[John_Brock]

@Dominique_Lehmon
I suspect one of two possible “bad” third-party utilities are causing this because you are using a docking station.

This has shown up recently on ASUS laptops:

ASUS systems with multiple monitors may not start Rhino

ASUS computers include a utility called “Sonic Suite 2”; a third-party tool authored by “Volute”, for on-screen tools for audio functions. On ASUS computers running single monitors, it seems to work fine. On some ASUS computers running extra monitors, Rhino may not start because of this utility. The fix is to uninstall this troublesome tool. In Control Panel, Programs and Features, find: ProductDaemonSetup and is installed by ASUSTeKcomputer and remove it. Since it is a running Windows Se…

We have seen this very similar issue for a while now too:
https://wiki.mcneel.com/rhino/faq/slow-rhino

These performance settings are important too:

Soooo, you bought a laptop with hybrid graphics and rhino doesn't run right. READ THIS

Hybrid graphics laptops are more and more common if you buy a consumer grade machine. (I recommend buying a mobile workstation for professional modeling but these hybrid machines are quite prevalent in the consumer market, especially for students.) They tend to generate a TON of tech support here because of the way they are set up from the factory. Hybrid systems are built with 2 graphics processors. A low power graphics chip (typically Intel HD or UHD) and a high power graphics card. However…

See if you have either one of these problematic tools running, and if removing them solves your problem.

Any luck?