When you reboot a windows 2008 standard server (not R2), the server hangs at applying computer settings for several minutes. You then login and the server hangs at applying user settings and when it eventually logs in most of the core services do not start.

When you attemp to start the services you receive ‘The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.’

This is a known fault and can be resolved by adding the below registry: (Please be careful when editing the registry. Always take a backup)

1. Launch Registry Editor
2. Navigate to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\HTTP
3. Create the following Multi string value: DependOnService
4. Double click the new DependOnService value
5. Type CRYPTSVC in the Value Data box, click OK
6. Finally, reboot the server for the change to apply