After server reboot services can not be started and Plesk becomes inaccessible: A timeout was reached (30000 milliseconds)

Symptoms

• After server reboot Plesk is not working:

  ERROR: Exception: Unable to get administrator password:
  The system cannot find the file specified. (Error code 2) at Unable to connect to pipe .pipeP_a4ff0c3e-0a95-4093-9dd6-359842b8e9b9

• In Event Viewer can be found information that some services were not started due to the error:

  A timeout was reached (30000 milliseconds) while waiting for the Service_Name to connect

•  Сloning may hang with the following error under Event Viewer > System:

  The PleskStartup service terminated with the following service-specific error:
  The environment is incorrect.

Cause

For some services default timeout is not enough.

Resolution

Login to the server via RDP and configure ServicesPipeTimeout:

1. Go to Start > Run > type regedit.
2. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControl.
3. With the control folder selected, right-click in the panel on the right and select new DWORD Value.
4. Name the new DWORD: ServicesPipeTimeout.
5. Right-click ServicesPipeTimeout, and then click Modify.
6. Select Decimal, type 80000, and then click OK:
   
7. Restart the server.