I upgraded my PDC to a 2000 DC today. All went well except
for the dhcp service. The service is running and the scope
etc is there. Nothing seems wrong on the server end. When
I try to renew a lease on one of my workstations Nt4 or XP
I get an error saying the dhcp server is not available. I
have since added and removed the service 3 times following
step by step KB130642. I had a backup of the dhcp
directory from before the upgrade. If I start the old NT 4
dhcp service on an another server leases start renewing
fine. Just not with the new domain controller. I have 2000
advanced server at sp4. Any ideas would be appreciated

DHCP in Windows 2000 need to be authorized in Active Directory.

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> I upgraded my PDC to a 2000 DC today. All went well except
> for the dhcp service. The service is running and the scope
> etc is there. Nothing seems wrong on the server end. When
> I try to renew a lease on one of my workstations Nt4 or XP
> I get an error saying the dhcp server is not available. I
> have since added and removed the service 3 times following
> step by step KB130642. I had a backup of the dhcp
> directory from before the upgrade. If I start the old NT 4
> dhcp service on an another server leases start renewing
> fine. Just not with the new domain controller. I have 2000
> advanced server at sp4. Any ideas would be appreciated

Hello All,

You will have to authorize the DHCP server.

Shane Brasher
MCSE (2003,2000,NT),MCSA Security, N+, A+
Microsoft Technical Support

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