Event ID 1054
Nov17

Event ID 1054

KB ID 0000120  Problem Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your computer network. (An unexpected network error occurred. ). Group Policy processing aborted. Solution By default, when a client machine (XP or W2K) attempts to connect to a DC to retrieve group policy information, it first sends a series of ICMP pings to the DC in order to test connectivity and link speed. If the ping response takes longer than a certain...

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Windows Server – DHCP Service Starts then Stops again
Nov17

Windows Server – DHCP Service Starts then Stops again

KB ID 0000617  Problem Saw this last week on an SBS 2011 Server. When attempting to get the DHCP service running it span up then stopped straight away. Solution A quick look in Event Viewer showed me what the problem was, Event ID 1054 The DHCP/BINL service on this computer is shutting down. See the previous event log messages for reasons Fair enough lets see the previous error on the same server; Event ID 1053 The DHCP/BINL service...

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