I also check for solution for you.
If its one or few clients, there could be solution in the following link?
You receive an "Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion" error message when a service that uses the local system account tries to start on a Windows Server 2003-based computer.
This may help for XP or other workstation OS. Please check.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886695