The MSSQL Reporting Services (SSRS) service failed to start : The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion

Had an issue recently where we couldn’t get the “SQL Server Reporting Services (MSSQLSERVER)” service to start.

In the end it was quite a simple fix, we added the below registry key.

Open Reg Edit
Navigate to the following registry key “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control”
Right-click Control, and create a new DWORD with the name “ServicesPipeTimeout”, and then press ENTER.
Right-click “ServicesPipeTimeout”, and then click Modify.
Select Decimal, and type 60000 (this will allow the service 1 minute to start)
Restart Machine

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