DHCP Service fails to start after installing SQL Server 2005 April CTP

I have a Windows 2003 Server SP1, Active Directory, Application Server and RIS installed on my computer. After installing SQL Server 2005 April CTP my DHCP Service fails to start. In the Event Viewer I see the following Events.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Description: The DHCP Server service terminated with service-specific error 20013 (0x4E2D).

Event Type: Information
Event Source: Application Popup
Description: Application popup: Service Control Manager: At least one service or driver failed during system startup. Use Event Viewer to examine the event log for details.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DhcpServer
Description: The DHCP service is shutting down due to the following error: The service has returned a service-specific error code.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DhcpServer
Description: The DHCP service failed to restore the database. The following error occurred: An error occurred while accessing the DHCP database. Look at the
DHCP server event log for more information on this error.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DhcpServer
Description: The following problem occurred with the Jet database -1811: Jet database read or write operations failed. If the computer or database has just been upgraded, then this message can be safely ignored. If this message appears frequently, either there is not enough disk space to complete the operation or the database or backup database may be corrupt. To correct this problem, either free additional space on your hard disk or restore the database. After you restore the database, ensure that conflict detection is enabled in DHCP server properties. For information about restoring the database, see Help and Support Center. Additional Debug Information: JetRestore.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DhcpServer
Description: The DHCP service failed to initialize the database. The following error occurred: %%65535

I have the same issue. Did you find an anwser yet?|||

I also have this same problem after installing the june sql server 2005 ctp. Tried restore of dhcp database. Tried to create empty database. Uninstalled service and app. Uninstalled the dhcp server and sql server 2005 and then reinstalled dhcp server and still the same problem.

I have searched everywhere and several people have had this issue, but no resolution.
The service can't start. In the event viewer, I have the following errors:

Error 1004
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The DHCP service failed to initialize the database. The following error occurred:
%%65535
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Error 1014
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The following problem occurred with the Jet database -1811: Jet database read or write operations failed. If the computer or database has just been upgraded, then this message can be safely ignored. If this message appears frequently, either there is not enough disk space to complete the operation or the database or backup database may be corrupt. To correct this problem, either free additional space on your hard disk or restore the database. After you restore the database, ensure that conflict detection is enabled in DHCP server properties. For information about restoring the database, see Help and Support Center. Additional Debug Information: JetRestore.
===========

Error 1018
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The DHCP service failed to restore the database. The following error occurred:
An error occurred while accessing the DHCP database. Look at the
DHCP server event log for more information on this error.
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Error 1008
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The DHCP service is shutting down due to the following error:
The service has returned a service-specific error code.
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Error 7024
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The DHCP Server service terminated with service-specific error 20013 (0x4E2D).
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|||Oh, great. I'm having this issue too. It must be. I installed the SQL Server CTP a few weeks ago, didn't like it very much and uninstalled. Now I'm trying to install DHCP Server and I can't. I get the same error messages in the EventLog which you describe.

Hasn't this been solved yet?

|||I think someone from Microsoft should address this issue.

Thanks,|||Anybody ever get a resolution to this, I've seen it mentioned in all sorts of forums, one of which indicated there was a registry fix posted on the MSDN site but I can't find a fix anywhere. Microsoft whats the deal? How do we fix these problems?|||Hi Mark,

Thanks for weighing in. I found this thread from a Google search and it was way down on the list in this forum. But I can't see that anyone has ever fixed this! As soon as I posted my own problem, the topic popped up to the top of the list. That's the nice thing about this forum. So everyone who is having this problem needs to report in. This will keep this at the top of the list and hopefully get Microsoft's attention. They really need to fix this.

Workaround tip: This may be a *duh* or this may not be obvious to you; I didn't realize this solution at first. If you're connected to the Internet via a Router/Switch, it is possible that the router device can provide DHCP services for you. My LinkSys CableModem router provides DHCP, so I'm OK personally, but Microsoft really should fix this.

Thanks to the Microsoft guys. I'm sure you're hard at work to find a fix for us.

(As a side note, why on Earth is DHCP Server using a Jet database? For goodness sakes, it's 2005!)|||http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/viewfeedback.aspx?feedbackid=6c2ce44d-72d2-416d-afee-c51c9298c746
This issue is because setup creates wrong default registry value under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VSS\VssAccessControl. To fix DHCP service just delete VssAccessControl registry key.
|||It worked! Thanks a lot.
Mike
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I have also same problem (errors) but i didn't install sql server 2005. There is no "VssAccessControl" registery key under the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VSS\"

I can't understand why this happened and I could not found a solution...

I dont know what should i do...

|||Experiencing the exact same problem. There is no "VssAccessControl" registery key. DHCP is starting but each moring it shuts down.|||Worked for me.. thanks|||I am still having this issue as well. I am getting event ids 1010, 1016, and 1014. I don't have SQL installed on this computer at all. Please help.|||I am getting this same issue, but about the same time I started receiving errors from Executive Software Diskeeper Enterprise edition, telling me that I could no longer defrag my root drive, as I had Volume shadow copy enabled. This software had always worked fine before on this system and the only changed I can tie this too are the critical updates released last week.
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Same problem. No VssAccessControl but the service will not start. error msg: "Error 65535: 0xffff"

Any suggestions from Microsoft ?

Thanks in advance !