Win Server 2003 – DNS Not Running?

Hi all,
I have been asked to have a look at a network running under Win Server 2003 which has gone down and the Password has gone missing with the previous administrator…

Anyway I managed to get past the password and gain entry to the server. The problem is that when I go into management and try to open the DNS server I get an Error’ saying that the server is not running and I must admit that I cannot find the reason why.

I would be most grateful if somebody could help me with this problem as I cannot get any further with anything else, ie Active Directory etc…

Regards
Gerryw