Message:

Windows could not start the SQL Server Reporting Services
(MSSQLSERVER) service on Local Computer.

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

When starting the SQL Server Reporting Service, the follow message displays:

This can be caused by SSRS trying to update it's SSL Certificate Revocation List (CRL), but it's unable to access the internet.

To disable the reporting service from updating it's CRL, you can make the following modifications:

1. Open X:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRSxxx.MSSQLSERVER\Reporting Services\ReportServer\bin
2. Create a backup of the ReportingServicesService.exe.config file
3. Open the ReportingServicesService.exe.config, and add the following just before the </runtime> tag:
4. <generatePublisherEvidence enabled="false"/>