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Q173040: Event 1003, 1008, 1017, 7023 After DHCP Service Installation

Article: Q173040
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): WinNT:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsetup
Last Modified: 09-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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The following events are logged in the system event viewer:

  Event ID: 1003
  Source: DhcpServer
  Description: The DHCP server failed to register its registry data. The
  following error occourred: The system cannot find the path specified.

  Event ID: 1008
  Source: DhcpServer
  Description: The DHCP server is shutting down due to the following error: The
  system cannot find the path specified.

  Event ID: 1017
  Source: DhcpServer
  Description: The DHCP server encountered the following error while Backing up
  the registry configuration: The system cannot find the path specified.

  Event ID: 7023
  Source: Service Control Manager
  Description: The Microsoft DHCP Server service terminated with the following
  error. The system cannot find the path specified.

CAUSE
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The default directory <WinNT_root>\System32\Dhcp was not present before
Microsoft DHCP Server service was installed. The Microsoft DHCP Server service
installation process will not check for this directory, nor create it if it is
missing.

RESOLUTION
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To work around this problem, perform the following steps:

1. Uninstall the Microsoft DHCP Server service from the Networks tool in Control
  Panel.

2. Manually create the <WinNT_root>\System32\Dhcp folder.

3. Reinstall Microsoft DHCP Server service from the Networks tool in Control
  Panel.

4. Restart Windows NT Server.

MORE INFORMATION
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We are
researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: install remove dir
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Keywords          : kbsetup 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : WinNT:4.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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