From: stormonts on
I have a Windows 2003 Server that has WDS SP1 installed. The Windows
Deployment Services Server Service isn't started and when I try to
start it I get a message that says:

Windows could not start e WIdows Deployment Services Server on Local
Computer. For more information, review the System Event Log. If this
is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to
server-specific error code 2310.

Event viewer lists Event ID 257 and this:

An error occurred while trying to start the Windows Deployment Services
server.

Error Information: 0x906

When I go to the actual WDS application, my server isn't listed. If
I try and add it, I get a message that says "The Windows Deployment
Services configuration is corrupt. Would you like to add it anyway?"
If I say yes, the server is added, but it has a red x through it.

I thought about removing WDS and then re-installing it, but it listed a
number of programs that might fail if I did that.

What should I do?