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is the RPC service running on your machine? have you reinstalled DNS?
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is the RPC service running on your machine? have you reinstalled DNS?

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I am using Windows 2003 Server service pack 1 on my laptop. When I install DNS Server, it says DNS Server has not configured properly and can not Start.
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I am using Windows 2003 Server service pack 1 on my laptop. When I install DNS Server, it says DNS Server has not configured properly and can not Start.

DNS Server On WINDOWS 2003 Server is not able to start

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.

Active Directory

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).