I did reboot, I ended up removing
Blue Iris but didn't scan and destroy registry entries. BI was reinstalled and I pointed AI server to deepstack on :82 and it works, sort of. I'm seeing too many "AI: not responding on alerts". I'm going to need to remove everything and start fresh. This is on a remote site so reinstalling windows would not be easy. However, I'll throw this out there to the windows experts. If I use windows repair in startup options (not even sure I can get there through RDP), will it clean the registry of CPAI and BI entries? Would it also remove user access to Remote Desktop privileges?
System: i5-12600K, 32gb ram, windows pro, onboard graphics, 500gb C: SSD, 2-8tb Surveillance HDD - only job is BI, 9- 4mp cams with audio, direct to disk, sub-streams, continuous recording.