RAS Fails with NetBEUI Protocol Service Failed to Start Error
Article ID: 193840
Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
This article was previously published under Q193840
SYMPTOMS
After you install Remote Access Service, you receive the following error:
Error starting Remote Access Service on <servername>. Check the Event
log on <servername> for details. Error 1068: The dependency service
or group failed to start.
The System Event log on <servername> contains the following errors:
Event Id 7000
The NetBEUI Protocol failed to start due to the following
error: The system cannot find the file specified.
Event Id 7001
The Remote Access Service depends on the NetBEUI protocol service
which failed to start because of the following error:
The system cannot find the file specified.
CAUSE
The Nbf.sys file may be missing or corrupted.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, remove and reinstall the NetBEUI Protocol from
Network utility in Control Panel, and then reapply the latest service pack.
Additional query words: 7000 7001 1068 NetBEUI RAS
Keywords: kbnetwork kbprb KB193840