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Event ID 1036 — DHCP Users Group Configuration

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Applies To: Windows Server 2008

To function properly, the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) service must be able to create or look up the DHCP Users and DHCP Administrators local groups.

Event Details

Product: Windows Operating System
ID: 1036
Source: Microsoft-Windows-DHCP-Server
Version: 6.0
Symbolic Name: EVENT_SERVER_ADMIN_GROUP_ERROR
Message: The DHCP server was unable to create or lookup the DHCP Administrators local group on this computer. The error code is in the data.

Resolve

Restart the DHCP Server service

To perform these procedures, you must be a member of the Administrators group, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority.

To restart the DHCP Server service:

  1. At the DHCP server computer, click Start, click Run, type services.msc, and then click OK.
  2. Double-click DHCP Server.
  3. On the General tab, click Stop, and then click Start.
  4. On the File menu, click Exit.

Verify

Confirm that event 20035 has not been recently logged in the System event log.

To open the System event log:

  1. Click Start, click Administrative Tools, click Event Viewer, and then click Continue. 
  2. Expand Windows Logs, and then click System.
  3. Verify that event 20035 has not been logged recently.

DHCP Users Group Configuration

DHCP Infrastructure