WHS 2012 R2 - Issues! Please help

Hi everyone in the community I have been following the forums for sometime but have never felt like the need to comment.

I have just installed LMS 7.9 on my new Windows Home Server 2012 R2 Essentials. However I cannot seem to connect to the local players and IPENG does not connect.

I have tried to read up and fix myself but have not had any luck. I have tried:

Changing the port number
Turning Windows firewall off and allowed access on ports 9000 and 3483.
Checking network discovery is on
Desktop Experience is installed
Allowed access to all LMS exe files
Tried older versions of LMS

When opening the information screen on LMS control panel it is suggesting there is conflict issue with port 9000 as I get the following message 'Logitech Media Server is running but can't be contacted on port 10500.The following applications might be blocking your connection:'

I note you have to use windows desktop version with WHS 2012 as the server version of LMS does not install.

Please could someone be so kind as to advise if they have had similar problems and perhaps help. I am at a lose end and am eager to get LMS up and running. Am about to buy either a touch or Raspberry Pi to use with LMS.

Thanks in advance