SSRS service might not start after installing Windows Security patches and rebooting the machine
Sometimes, if your server is under heavy load, or after installing Windows Security patches, like http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-004.mspx , you might experience issues where the SSRS service fails to start with the following information being logged in the Windows Event Logs: The SQL Server Reporting Services (MSSQLSERVER) service failed to start due to the following error: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion. The main reason for which this might happen is that the maximum allowed time for a service start operation has been surpassed. By default, the timeout is set to 30 seconds, which can be a little short in some situations
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SSRS service might not start after installing Windows Security patches and rebooting the machine
