Greetings,The scenario is the following:1 Exchange 2007 STD with SP2 over Windows 2008 STD with SP2 (CAS, HUB, Mailbox). Im having the following errors:Log Name: SystemSource: Service Control ManagerDate: 21/10/2009 15:20:26Event ID: 7000Task Category: NoneLevel: ErrorKeywords: ClassicUser: N/AComputer: UIO-EX01.mydomain.localDescription:The Microsoft Exchange Transport service failed to start due to the following error: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.Log Name: SystemSource: Service Control ManagerDate: 21/10/2009 15:20:26Event ID: 7009Task Category: NoneLevel: ErrorKeywords: ClassicUser: N/AComputer: UIO-EX01.mydomain.localDescription:A timeout was reached (30000 milliseconds) while waiting for the Microsoft Exchange Transport service to connectAlso there aresame events for "Microsoft Exchange Mail Submission" serviceand"Microsoft Exchange Transport Log Search" service.The email messages can't be sent, the users only view theirInboxes (Outlook and OWA).Based on: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944752/en-usy added "crl.microsoft.com 127.0.0.1" in the host file. (The Exchange Server has no access to Internet). But the problem persists.In the Exchange Serverare installed the following:Microsoft Full Text Indexing Engine for ExchangeMicrosoft Exchange Server 2007Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1This server is patched up to date.Please can anyone help me?Thanks in advance!

Hi, Did you try to modify the configurationfiles as the KB said which is another option?http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944752/en-us Frank Wang

Hi,How about you question? Any update?After change some switch in configuration files, it works?Frank Wang

Greetings, The server only needed a restart after I added "crl.microsoft.com 127.0.0.1" in the host file. Thanks!

Hi, I was facing the same issue, I logged on to the computer with the local administrator account and started the services successfully. It may sound weired but it worked in the end. Regards, Ankit Arora

Thanks a lot. It was very helpful.