SharePoint 2010 Administration service failed to start

24. October 2012 Karsten Schneider Administration, SharePoint, Troubleshooting 0

I don’t know why but i got this error trying to start the SharePoint 2010 Administration service:

The SharePoint 2010 Administration service failed to start due to the following error:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

But the solution which worked for me fine was the following:

You have to modify the service timeout values in the Registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control add/modify DWORD value ServicesPipeTimeout to 60000 (60 seconds)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control add/modify STRING value WaitToKillServiceTimeout to 120000 (120 seconds)
and Restart the server machine.

It is important to restart the server! I found this really nice help here.

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Consultant for Microsoft 365 Applications with a strong focus in Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business as well as PowerPlatform with PowerApps, Flow and PowerBI. I provide Workshops for Governance & Security in Office 365 and Development of Solutions in the area of Collaboration and Teamwork based on Microsoft 365 and Azure Cloud Solutions. In his free time he tries to collect tipps and worthy experience in this blog.