Protocol initialization failure

Summary

The DHCP Relay Agent (IPBOOTP) encountered an error during initialization.

Causes

The most common reasons for this error are:

• The protocol failed as there are not enough available system resources that are required. The system could be running in low memory.

• The protocol received a request to start when it is already started.

• Sample Event#1: IPBOOTP was unable to initialize a critical section.The data is the exception code.

• Sample Event#2: IPBOOTP was unable to allocate memory from its heap.The data is the error code.

• Sample Event#3: IPBOOTP was called to start when it was already running.

• Sample Event#4: IPBOOTP was unable to initialize Windows Sockets.The data is the error code.

• Sample Event#5: IPBOOTP was unable to create a synchronization object.The data is the exception code.

• Sample Event#6: IPBOOTP was unable to create a table to hold interface information.The data is the error code.

• Sample Event#7: IPBOOTP was unable to create a semaphore.The data is the error code.

• Sample Event#8: IPBOOTP was unable to create an event.The data is the error code.

• Sample Event#9: IPBOOTP was unable to create a timer queue using CreateTimerQueue.The data is the error code.

• Sample Event#10: IPBOOTP was unable to register an event with the ntdll wait threads.The data is the error code.

Resolutions

• If the server is low on memory, take appropriate action to increase the available memory. See Help and Support Center for information on low memory.

• Stop and restart the Routing and Remote Access service.

• If the problem persists, you might need to repair or reinstall the Windows operating system.

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