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Windows Deployment Service fails to start with error information of 0x5

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This article provides help to fix the error 0x5 that occurs when you start the Windows Deployment Service.

Applies to:   Windows Server 2012 R2
Original KB number:   2009647

Symptoms

When trying to start the Windows Deployment Service, you may see the following event IDs logged:

Event Source: WDSServer
Event ID: 257
Description:
An error occurred while trying to start the Windows Deployment Services server.
Error information: 0x5

Event Source: WDSServer
Event ID: 513
Description:
An error occurred while trying to initialize provider WDSPXE from C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdspxe.dll. Windows Deployment Services server will be shutdown.
Error Information 0x5

Event Source: WDSPXE
Event id: 265
Description:
An error occurred while trying to initialize provider BINSVC. Since the provider is marked as critical the windows deployment services server will be shutdown.
Error information: 0x5

Cause

This can occur if you are logged in as local administrator or if the computer account for the WDS server does not have correct security permissions

Resolution

To resolve this issue, make sure you are logged in as domain or Enterprise administrator and check the permissions for the computer account by doing the following:

  1. Log into a Domain Controller and launch Active Directory Users and Computers
  2. Enable Advanced Features from the View menu
  3. Find the server object for the WDS server and in Properties select the Security tab
  4. Verify the following permissions:
    Domain Admins: Full Control
    Enteprise Admins: Full Control
    Account Operators: Full Control
    System: Full Control
    SELF: Create All Child Objects, Delete All Child Objects, Validated write to DNS host name, Validated write to service principal name, Read Personal Information, Write Personal Information

More information

For more information, see Event ID 1804—Active Directory Integration

Data collection

If you need assistance from Microsoft support, we recommend you collect the information by following the steps mentioned in Gather information by using TSS for deployment-related issues.