Article ID: 303525
Article Last Modified on 2/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
This article was previously published under Q303525
SYMPTOMS
After you apply Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2), the DHCP Server service is unable to be authorized from Active Directory. Although the DHCP server requests authorization from Active Directory every 5 minutes, DHCP clients cannot obtain a lease or an address, and the System Event log may contain an entry that is similar to the following entry:
NOTE: The date and time that are listed in the preceding log entry may vary from the entry in your log.
Or, when you attempt to connect to the Remote Installation Services (RIS) server via Pre-boot eXecution Environment (PXE) network card or Remote Installation Boot Floppy (RBFG) boot disk, the client workstations receive the following error message:
CAUSE
This problem can occur if the LDAP filter request for the DHCP server in Active Directory was incorrect.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name ---------------------------------------------------------- 7/23/2001 05:13p 5.0.2195.3913 271,120 Dhcpssvc.dll 7/23/2001 05:13p 5.0.2195.3913 74,512 Dsauth.dll
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use either of the following methods:
- Change the IP address so that is has less than 12 digits.
- Change the hostname of the DHCP server in lowercase, or create the DHCP server hostname value in Active Directory in uppercase.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.
MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
265173 Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product
For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot
For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes
For additional information about how to make a RBFG, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
300483 HOW TO: Use Remote Installation Service to Install Windows 2000
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