Hi I am using Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise on a VPS , I am installing a windows service that hosts a WCF service inside it. I am getting Error 1053 when I try to start the service, I checked the event viewer, I can only see "Service service failed to start due to the following error: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion." This same service run well on Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit I wrapped the service logic in a console application and installed it on my VPS, and I was able to run the service logic. I have checked many forms, - I tried setting th ServicesPipeTimeout to 60000 in registry, and no effect - I used service this.RequestAdditionalTime(60000 ), and no change - I tried setting the service user to administrator user rather than local system, and no change - The service logic does not start directly, I use a thread timer, to start service in code after 1 minute, and again no change - How can I remove the 30 seconds time out, or resolve this issue. on Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise ? Thank you in advanced. Scientist

I'd ask them here. http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/wcf/threads Regards, Dave Patrick .... Microsoft Certified Professional -Microsoft MVP [Windows]

Ok, Do you know how I can change the Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise Services Timeout ? Scientist

This article may help. How to debug Windows services http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344 Regards, Dave Patrick .... Microsoft Certified Professional -Microsoft MVP [Windows]

I am applying the following registry setting on my server, through remote desktop, but it is not taking effect In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. In the Value data text box, type <var style="-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;">TimeoutPeriod</var>, and then click OK Note <var style="-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;">TimeoutPeriod</var> is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Scientist

Shouldn't matter but I'd try this at the console. Also have you rebooted? Regards, Dave Patrick .... Microsoft Certified Professional -Microsoft MVP [Windows]