Error 1053 when trying to start SQL Server Instance Service

• ryann

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  August 6, 2015 at 2:04 pm

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  "Windows could not start the SQL Server (RETAIL) service on local computer."

  "Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion."

  I am trying to start my SQL Server service and I get the above error. I am using Windows 7 32 bit. SQL 2008 R2 32bit. SQL has ran successfully for 2 years on this machine until a power outage the other night. Now I have this happening on two computers. PLEASE HELP!!

  I have read every event viewer message up and down and searched Google for hours trying to find a solution. I have done so many things from changing dll's to reinstalling sql 2008 to trying sql 2012.

  I uninstalled SQL2008 and installed SQL2012 and it had the exact same error message. It wont start that one process. I have read this forum and I see many instances of this issue being reported but none of them have been recent. I attempted to do everything the previous posts said to try and nothing has worked. I have tried to roll back using windows restore point, I have tried to change the servicespipetimeline registry edit in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control. I have changed permissions. I am a moderate SQL administrator but not an expert so any help would be extremely appreciated.

  Thanks