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You can define a maximum of 854 DHCP servers in Active Directory. If you try to authorize additional DHCP servers, you receive the following error message:
Administration limit for this request has exceeded
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260910The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/260910/EN-US/ )How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack
File name ---------- Dsauth.dll
This hotfix removes the limit on the number of DHCP servers.
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.
For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
249149For additional information about a related topic, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/249149/EN-US/ )Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/297847/ )Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Server Management Issues in Windows 2000