george sibbald (4/11/2013)
so, to confirm, you were also able to resolve this issue by removing a WINDOWS security patch? (2661254)
Yes, I removed that security patch and Reporting Services started up with no delay. Here is the original Connect post that lead me to that - http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/774645/windows-hotifx-kb-2661254-breaks-reporting-services-in-sql-2008-r2-sp2.