Error 1053: LMS Service Does Not Start on Boot and Requires Multiple Attempts to Start

[Shuttleman58]

When I reboot the laptop, the LMS service should autostart (delay) but does not. I must manually open services.msc and after 3 to 5 attempts, it will finally start. It generates error 1053 that the service does not respond in a timely manner.

I have attached the screenshot of the error. This happens on every restart of the machine or when there is an upgrade to the software that requires the service to restart.

Version: 9.2.0 - 1781701755 @ Wed Jun 17 13:10:50 CUT 2026
Windows 11 Version 25H2 (Build 26200.8655)
Operating system: Windows 11 (64-bit) - EN - cp1252
Platform Architecture: 8664
Perl Version: 5.32.1 - MSWin32-x64-multi-thread
Audio::Scan: 1.13
IO::Socket::SSL: 2.069
Database Version: DBD::SQLite 1.66 (sqlite 3.32.3)
Material webskin
Browser: Vivaldi Version 8.0.4033.50 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Chromium Version 148.0.7778.273

[Shuttleman58]

It appears that part of the problem is that Perl is slow to start and so the response is slow to arrive. Not sure yet why it is slow. Changing the services process to Automatic from Auto (delay) doesn't make any difference but if I manually attempt to start the service as soon as Windows comes up it usually happens within two to three attempts rather than five or more.

[Shuttleman58]

Sometimes if I restart SSDP service that resolves the issue. Still can't find the root problem.