Vista - DHCP Client Service Won't Start - Error 1068

Starting yesterday I haven't been able to connect to my network via Ethernet.

I'm using the onboard network adapter from my ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe mobo and Vista Ultimate 64 Bit. Under device manager my network adapter is NVIDIA nforce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet. That's a generic name, I checked my mobo specs and it's specifically a NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP. I have the latest driver which is 67.8.9.0. My router is a Linksys WRT54GSv4.

I want to use a dynamic address, I have a static IP set up on my wireless and that's working fine right now. But I can't connect using either of my Ethernet ports. I've switched ports on my router, but my 360 connects no problem so I don't think it's the router.

Under network connections my Local Area Connection is stuck on "Identifying..." If I double click it and click details I have no default gateway. Belarc Advisor tells me DHCP Server: none responded.

I've been researching the problem as much as I can. So my DHCP Client Service Won't Start, I get Error 1068 Which is the dependency services or group failed to start. The dependencies I have for the DHCP Client Service are

Ancillary Function Driver for Winsock
NetIO Legacy TDI Support Driver > TCP/IP Protocal Driver
Network Store Interface Service> NSI proxy service

Under services I can see that Network Store Interface Service is running. I ftyped net start AFD on cmd I was told that the service is already running. So that leaves TCP/IP, but I am able to ping 127.0.01 so I don't know what the problem could be here.

Hi,

1. Type netsh winsock reset catalog in elevated command prompt and press enter.
2. Once the command finished her work restart your system and try to start the service

Let me know the result

I tried that and no change.

Try to start netbios tcp ip helper service

Under Services? I don't have anything by that name.

That service might be deleted in your computer. Try a system restore before the point when the problem started. That will restore the service

Oh, I was looking under "N", not "T", it's there and was already started.

Okay...

Start all the services, which services having start up type of automatic and automatic (delayed)

and try to start the dhcp service

Well my DHCP service won't start, but as I'm trying to start all the services these won't start as well:

DNS Client
IP Helper
DHCP Service

All with error 1068 Dependency service failed to start. So it must be something with my TCP/IP Protocol Driver since all three share the dependency service of NetIO Legacy TDI Support Driver > TCP/IP Driver and it is the only dependency of DNS Client.

Is the dhcpclient remains on starting status ?

did u tried netsh winsock reset catalog in elevated command prompt and restarted?