title: Setup service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion error when installing SQL Server 2016
body: <p>How can I resolve the error I received when installing Microsoft SQL Server 2016?</p>
  
  <h2>TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Setup service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion</h2>
  
  <p>The following error has occurred:</p>
  
  <p>The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.</p>
  
  <p>Click 'Retry' to retry the failed action, or click 'Cancel' to cancel this action and continue setup.</p>
  
  <p>For help, click: <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkID=20476&amp;ProdName=Microsoft%20SQL%20Server&amp;EvtSrc=setup.rll&amp;EvtID=50000&amp;ProdVer=13.0.1601.5&amp;EvtType=0xDC112D1C%25400xDC80C325" rel="nofollow">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkID=20476&amp;ProdName=Microsoft%20SQL%20Server&amp;EvtSrc=setup.rll&amp;EvtID=50000&amp;ProdVer=13.0.1601.5&amp;EvtType=0xDC112D1C%25400xDC80C325</a></p>
  
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  <p>BUTTONS:</p>
  
  <p>&amp;Retry</p>
  
  <h2>Cancel</h2>