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

• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

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

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

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

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.