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Windows Server error 1053: the service did not respond in a timely fashion
Error 1053 is the Service Control Manager telling you a service did not respond to a start or control request in time. Check Event Viewer for the service's own error first, and only then consider raising the wait with the ServicesPipeTimeout registry value.
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October 29, 2026
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