You cannot start the SharePoint 2010 Administration Service service and the Claims To Windows Token service (C2WTS) after you install update 2677070

Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:

• You are running Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 together with Windows Server 2008 or with Windows Server 2008 R2 on a computer that is not connected to the Internet.

• After you apply the update that is described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 2677070 to Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2, you restart the server.

In this scenario, the following services may not start on the SharePoint server immediately after you restart the server:

• SharePoint 2010 Administration Service

• Claims To Windows Token service (C2WTS)

Additionally, the following errors are logged in Event Viewer on the SharePoint server:

• Error starting SharePoint 2010 Administration Service: Error: 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

• Event ID 7009: A timeout was reached (30000 milliseconds) while waiting for the SharePoint 2010 Administration service to connect

You encounter similar error messages when you try to start the Claims To Windows Token service (C2WTS).

Cause

This issue occurs because of an inability to retrieve trusted and untrusted certificate trust lists (CTLs). If the system does not have access to Windows Update, either because the system is not connected to the Internet or because Windows Update is blocked by firewall rules, the network retrieval times out before the service can continue its startup procedure. In some cases, this network retrieval time-out may exceed the service startup time-out of 30 seconds. If a service cannot report that startup completed after 30 seconds, the service control manager (SCM) stops the service.

The URLs to update the CTL changed with this update. Therefore, if previous URLs were hard-coded as exceptions in the firewall or proxy, or if there is no Internet access on the computer, the CTL cannot be updated.

To download the latest CTLs, use the following updated URLs:

• http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab

• http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab
  

For more information about the issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

2677070 - An automatic updater of revoked certificates is available for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2

Resolution

To work around this problem, configure the computer so that the network does not retrieve trusted and untrusted CTLs. To do this, use one of the following methods:

Method 1 

Validate that boundary firewalls, router access rules, and downstream proxy servers enable systems that have update 2677070 installed to contact Microsoft Update. For more information about this requirement, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base. (This includes the URLs that the CTL update accesses.)

2677070 An automatic updater of revoked certificates is available for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2

Method 2 

Change the Group Policy settings. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Under the Computer Configuration node in the Local Group Policy Editor, double-click Policies.

2. Double-click Windows Settings, double-click Security Settings, and then double-click Public Key Policies.

3. In the details pane, double-click Certificate Path Validation Settings.

4. Click the Network Retrieval tab, click to select the Define these policy settings check box, and then click to clear the Automatically update certificates in the Microsoft Root Certificate Program (recommended) check box.

5. Click OK, and then close the Local Group Policy Editor.

Method 3

Modify the registry. To do this, follow these steps. 

Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322756 How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.

2. Locate and then select the following registry subkey:
   HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates

3. Right-click AuthRoot, select New, and then click DWORD.

4. Type DisableRootAutoUpdate, and then press Enter.

5. Right-click DisableRootAutoUpdate, and then click Modify.

6. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.

7. Exit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.

Method 4

Increase the default service time-out. To do this, follow these steps:

Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322756 How to back up and restore the registry in Windows 

2. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.

3. Locate and then select the following registry subkey:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control

4. Right-click Control, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.

5. In the New Value box, type ServicesPipeTimeout, and then press Enter.

6. Right-click ServicesPipeTimeout, and then click Modify.

7. Click Decimal, type the number of milliseconds that you want to wait until the service times out, and then click OK.

           For example, if you want to wait 60 seconds before the service times out, type 60000. 

1. Exit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.

More Information

For more information about the Windows root certificate program, certificates, certificate trust, and the certificate trust list, see the "More Information" section of the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

2677070 An automatic updater of revoked certificates is available for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2