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Author: v-tappelgate

support/windows-server/system-management-components/openssh-server-service-wont-start-error-1053.md

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-title: OpenSSH Server Service Doesn't Start and Generates Error 1053
+title: "Error 1053" and OpenSSH Server Service Doesn't Start
 description: Discusses an issue in which you receive Error 1053 after you install OpenSSH Server and try to start the OpenSSH Server service.
-ms.date: 10/28/2025
+ms.date: 10/21/2025
 manager: dcscontentpm
 audience: itpro
 ms.topic: troubleshooting
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ This article discusses an issue in which you install OpenSSH Server but then can
 
 This issue might occur in situations that resemble the following scenarios.
 
-**Scenario 1**
+- Scenario 1
 
   - You install Windows Server 2019 by using an image that includes the [January 14, 2025—KB5050008 (OS Build 17763.6775)](https://support.microsoft.com/topic/january-14-2025-kb5050008-os-build-17763-6775-9a174725-a7ea-4e37-a6f8-e86f7c4d3f31) cumulative Windows update, or a later cumulative update.
   - After setup finishes, you install OpenSSH Server, which is a Feature on Demand (FOD). You *don't* install OpenSSH Client at this time.
 
-  **Scenario 2**
+- Scenario 2
 
   - You have a computer that runs Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows 11, or Windows 10.
   - You install OpenSSH Server from the GitHub repository at [PowerShell/openssh-portable](https://github.com/PowerShell/openssh-portable) or [Win32-OpenSSH GitHub Releases](https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/releases). You *don't* install OpenSSH Client from this location.
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ This issue occurs because the versions of OpenSSH Client, OpenSSH Server, and li
 
 - Scenario 1:
 
-  1. You install Windows Server, including OpenSSH Client and libcrypto.dll.
-  1. The update that you install, together with Windows Server, includes updates for OpenSSH. At the time of installation, Windows Update detects OpenSSH Client and libcrypto.dll, and updates them. Because OpenSSH Server isn't installed, Windows Update doesn't install that part of the update.
+  1. When you install Windows Server (which includes OpenSSH Client and libcrypto.dll), the update installs automatically.
+  1. During this update process, Windows Update detects OpenSSH Client and libcrypto.dll, and updates them. Because OpenSSH Server isn't installed, Windows Update doesn't install that part of the update.
   1. You install OpenSSH Server from Windows Update or from an offline image. The version that installs doesn't have the update, and the update isn't available on the computer to apply retroactively.
 
 - Scenario 2:
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ Select the method that's appropriate for your environment.
 ### Method 1: Installing OpenSSH Server as a Feature on Demand by using Windows Update or an offline Windows image
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]  
-> If you build or modify your own Windows images, make sure that you add any Language Packs first, then any Features on Demand packages. Afterward, you can add applications and updates as described in [Add updates to a Windows image](/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/servicing-the-image-with-windows-updates-sxs).
+> If you build or modify your own Windows images, make sure that you add any Language Packs first, then any Feature on Demand packages. Afterward, you can add applications and updates as described in [Add updates to a Windows image](/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/servicing-the-image-with-windows-updates-sxs).
 
-After you install OpenSSH Server through Feature on Demand, reinstall the most recent cumulative Windows update on that computer.
+After you install OpenSSH Server by using the Feature on Demand process, reinstall the most recent cumulative Windows update on that computer.
 
 ### Method 2: Installing OpenSSH Server by using package files from a GitHub repository