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Dhcp client not getting IP address

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by kareem

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I have a user whose machine all of a sudden, cannot accept an IP address from the Dhcp server. I was setting her up for connection to the Internet and just installed IE 5.0. The system needed to reboot and from then on she was not able to log back onto the LAN. I changed the network card...still nothing. I keep getting a service has failed at the login prompt and when I check the event viewer I would find the following events;
Event ID 7023. Event Id 1006, and Event Id 1003. Basically its saying that the dhcp client service cannot start, but it does not give a reason why. I put in a static address and the user is able to login now but I would really like to get the dhcp situation resolved. Any suggestions?

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by zlitocook

Is this the only computer that dose this? O r is this the only one you have installed ie 5.0 on? Did you try uninstalling ie and see if the dhcp worked. Did you install the patch for ie after installing it. It sounds like some settings were changed.Try pinging a server if you can do that ping some thing out side of your intranet. Did you try forcing the dhcp to work. Did any thing else happen like a program or login script change? Is this a nt work station or 95, 98 because different things work on each.

by mbeck

It sounds as if you have a corrupted tcp/ip stack. Try re-installing your tcp/ip stack.

by mbeck

It sounds as if you have a corrupted tcp/ip stack. Try re-installing your tcp/ip stack.

by magnus.nordin

Hi Kareem.

I don't now why this happens but usually it helps if you start up the computer with a static IP and then run:
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
I've come across this problem a few times.

by oskiller

Like the others have said, uninstalling and reinstalling TCP/IP should take care of the problem. Also verify that the workstation and server services have started on the system.

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