hello all, after i install PXE service point, WDS doesn't work any more. i installed WDS, not configure it, then install PXE. from log, everything looks good. but WDS cannot start. here is the error messages: 1. An error occurred while trying to initialize the Windows Deployment Services image server. Error Information: 0xC1030104 2. An error occurred while trying to initialize provider SMSPXE loaded from C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CCM\x64\smspxe.dll. If the provider is marked as critical the Windows Deployment Services server will be shutdown. Error Information: 0x4005 3. An error occurred while trying to initialize provider SMSPXE. Since the provider is marked as critical, the Windows Deployment Services server will be shutdown. Error Information: 0x4005 4. An error occurred while trying to initialize provider WDSPXE from C:\Windows\system32\wdspxe.dll. Windows Deployment Services server will be shutdown. Error Information: 0x4005 5. An error occurred while trying to start the Windows Deployment Services server. Error Information: 0x4005 i tried to delete PXE, WDS, and reinstalled them, but nothing helps.

Hello - Have you tried using wdsutil? have you seen the below article? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680753.aspxAnoop C Nair - This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights. |Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

thanks for your reply, i forget to say that, the DHCP server is not on the WDS server.

Have you already seen: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2510665/ ("A Configuration Manager 2007 PXE Service Point causes the Windows Deployment Services Server service to crash and hang")Torsten Meringer | http://www.mssccmfaq.de

yes, i saw that, but it doesn't help for my situation. after PXE service point intalled, i can't start WDS service. here's the error on SCCM MP. PXE Control Manager detected PXE service point is not responding to PXE requests. The error is 16389. message ID: 6319 The SMS PXE Service Point failed to read and configure the registry keys necessary for this component. message ID: 6300 The SMS PXE Service Point failed to Initialize the Database Connection. message ID: 6315 The SMS PXE Service Point failed to initialize the WDS PXE Provider. message ID: 6301 The SMS PXE Service Point failed to read and configure the registry keys necessary for this component. message ID: 6300

btw, this happened after i migrate the SCCM database to another SQL cluster. i checked database rights as well, and sure they are the same as before

btw, this happened after i migrate the SCCM database to another SQL cluster. from SQL 2005 to SQL 2008 database. i checked database rights as well, and sure they are the same as before

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/configmgrosd/thread/41cc9b17-649d-49a0-96be-ef353e8aeb1d ok, this helped me.