I have been using Windows Deployment Server on Windows 2008 x64 server fine for a year. I just recently started getting this message in the System Event log: " The Windows Deployment Services Server service terminated with service-specific error 4294966080 (0xFFFFFB40)." When I attempt to start the Windows Deployment service it gives me the following: "Windows could not start the Windows 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 service-specific error code -1216." Anyone seen this before?

Hi Keith, First please refer to the following article to troubleshoot this issue: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954410/en-us If the issue still occurs, let’s try below: 1. Click Start, type cmd , and then click OK . 2. At the command prompt, type wdsutil /uninitialize-server , and then press ENTER. 3. To reinitialize the WDS service, type wdsutil /initialize-server /reminst:{RemoteInstallFolder} at a command prompt, and then press ENTER. If the issue persists, please let me know the error event ID. Tim Quan TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

It looks like that fixed it. I believe there was a possible problem with the use of an existing folder. I created the new one with the WDSUTIL and it appears to work. Thanks for the assistance.