My BackupExec service is stuck in the "Stopping" state and it is just barely getting close enough to stopping and then it dies with a 1053 error "Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion" I added the registry key to increase the timeout to 120 seconds based on this link: [URL]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344[/URL] It requires a reboot to take effect and I really cannot take down this server during the day. Is there a workaround to apply this setting or otherwise get this service into the "Started" state? Thanks, JM