XP dhcp service stuck starting

I have a laptop that is stuck with the dhcp client service "starting". I
cannot stop, or start dhcp. All network adapters (wired, wireless, and VMware
adapters) are stuck acquiring ip address. Assigning static ip address works.
In the event logs I found the following error:

Event ID : 1004

The DHCP Client Service is shutting down. The following error occurred: The
system cannot find the file specified.

carlos wrote:

> I have a laptop that is stuck with the dhcp client service "starting". I
> cannot stop, or start dhcp. All network adapters (wired, wireless, and
> VMware adapters) are stuck acquiring ip address. Assigning static ip
> address works. In the event logs I found the following error:
>
> Event ID : 1004
>
> The DHCP Client Service is shutting down. The following error occurred:
> The system cannot find the file specified.

You forgot to tell us how you connect to this network and from where the
DHCP is supposed to come. Home network? Router? Domain member? Recent
history for the machine? Answers to:

The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time things
worked and the time they didn't?

The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the malware/virus
status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and
versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

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