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Cannot Start Terminal Services Service on Windows 2003 Server (In Place Upgrade from 2000)
After performing an inplace upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows 2003 R2, I cannot RDP to the server. I believe it is being caused by the Terminal Services service being stopped. When I try to start it up, I get the following error:
Could not start the Terminal Services service on Local Computer
Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion
Could not start the Terminal Services service on Local Computer
Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion
This issue may be because your 2000 Server is not a terminal server. Try above suggestion. If it does not help, then revert back here.
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It was a Windows 2000 Server but we performed an in-place upgrade. I tried installing Terminal Services but that didn't work. I have since uninstalled it. There are a few other cases like this that I found on the Internet but the solution has been to just reinstall the OS. I'm trying to avoid that extreme solution.
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The two links you have provided are exactly the problem that I am experiencing. The bad part is that no one seems to have solved this without a complete rebuild.
Yes true. I too searching the net for the solution. But why not try Microsoft support? I guess they can help you out.
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Paying Microsoft for support feels like admitting defeat in the eyes of Experts Exchange!
Ok. Then I want to try one more time.
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Good to hear that you resolved it. thanks for updates.
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;222146