IPSEC Services won’t start – Windows Server 2003

PROBLEM:

IPSEC Services won’t start

IPCSEC Services won't start

IPSEC Won't start

Error 10048: Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted.

You may see the following event:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7023
Date: Date
Time: Time
User: N/A
Computer: COMPUTER_NAME
Description:
The IPSEC Services service terminated with the following error: The system cannot find the file specified

SOLUTION:

Follow these steps:

1 Stop the DNS Server service
2 Start the IPSEC Service and then
3 Start the DNS Server service

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