Q. The DHCP service does not start when you start Windows Server 2003?

When you start Windows Server 2003, the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) service does NOT start.

The Application event log may contain:

Event ID: 1008
Description: The DHCP service is shutting down due to the following error:
             Not enough storage is available to process this command.


Event ID: 1058
Description: The DHCP service failed to initialize its configuration parameters. The following error occurred:
             Not enough storage is available to process this command.

This behavior occurs if your anti-virus software is not configured to exclude the DHCP database files at %SystemRoot%\System32\DHCP.

To resolve this behavior, configure the antivirus software to exclude the %SystemRoot%\System32\DHCP folder when it scans the computer.