Can't Remove TCP/IP Protocol

[Bob Bednar]

Having encountered a problem with acquiring an IP address
using DHCP, I tried to uninstall Microsoft Client for
Windows and the TCP/IP protocol. I cannot uninstall the
TCP/IP protocol because it appears to be "bound" or used
by two other services that aren't even on my computer
(Unix and print sharing). How can I get around the error
message preventing me from uninstalling the TCP/IP
protocol? I feel if I can re-install a clean version, my
IP problem will be solved.

 

[Marina Roos]

Have a look at article 285034.

 

[Alan Wood [MSFT]]

Hi Bob,
If you have WINS, DHCP DNS or other networking services running on the
server you will be unable to uninstall TCPIP. You will have to remove
those services before doing so. Wins and DNS are no problem, I would
backup the WINS.MDB file in the Windows\system32\wins directory and backing
up making a copy of the DNS directory under system32 as well. When you
reinstall the services just drop the files back in place and it will work.
With DNS you will have to recreate the ZONES but as long as the zone files
are there in the DNS directory all the Data will be back.

DHCP is a different story. You can use DHCPEXIM.exe to export all the DHCP
information first, then import it back in once the process is complete.
Once these services are removed, you can then uinstall and reinstall TCPIP.

Take a look at this article:
299451 HOW TO: Remove and Reinstall TCP/IP on a Windows 2000 Domain
Controller
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=299451

Also DHCPEXIM is a free download tool.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/default.asp

Hope this Helps!


Alan Wood[MSFT]

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