graphic: 0.344 socket: 0.334 mistranslation: 0.333 semantic: 0.327 device: 0.303 other: 0.293 instruction: 0.173 vnc: 0.156 KVM: 0.154 boot: 0.093 network: 0.081 assembly: 0.027 QEMU Guest Agent service fails to start on Windows 10 RS2 preview The "QEMU Guest Agent" service cannot be started on Windows 10 RS2 preview build. After starting the service this error message is displayed: "Windows could not start QEMU Guest Agent service on Local Computer. Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion." Output from the Windows System event log: 700902000x80800000000000001406SystemLT-WIN10-6430000QEMU Guest Agent510045004D0055002D00470041000000 The "QEMU Guest Agent VSS Provider" service is running successfully. It worked on Windows 10 RS1 (before the upgrade). QEMU Guest Agent version: Installed from virtio-win-0.1.126_amd64 which was built from master branch with latest commit (8aaf403) - https://github.com/virtio-win/kvm-guest-drivers-windows Windows version (upgraded from RS1): Windows 10 Enterprise Insider Preview Evaluation copy. Build 15019.rs_prerelease.170121-1513 Not a bug! I have forgotten to add the socket in the start script :(