Project Server Services arent starting

There would be instances where Project Server services might not be running or is not starting when started manually:

There are couple of work around and hot-fixes to this issue:

Option A:

WORKAROUND/RESOLUTION:
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1. Run "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server
Extensions\12\bin\psconfig -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -wait -force".
2. In registry editor add/modify the following values on
"HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control":
a) ServicesPipeTimeout DWORD 60000 (decimal).
b) WaitToKillServiceTimeout changed to "120000".
3. Reboot the server

Option B:


Error 1053 appears after trying to start the event and queue service

After installing Project Server and Office Server 2007 SP1, starting the
Project Event and Project Queue services times out with the following error:
Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in
a timely fashion.
The solution:
1. Download certificate revocation files from
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/CodeSignPCA.crl
and
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/CodeSignPCA2.crl
2. Copy the files into the same folder as the service .exe files:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\12.0\Bin
3. Open a command prompt at the above referenced location:
certutil -addstore CA CodeSignPCA.crl
certutil -addstore CA CodeSignPCA2.crl
4. Start the services either from the services applet or from the command
prompt (net start).

Option C:

1. Make sure that the SSP administrator account is simillar to the account reflected on the Project Server Services.
2. Re-run the services using adminstrative account that was used to install Project Server
3. If the server is not running with either of 1 or 2 steps, temporarily enable the internet connection (Enable HTTP) and restart the system.