There is a "DHCP Client service" in the services.msc. Is it disabled?
If so, you might want to copy-paste this into a .reg file and import it
in your registry. It's only the default settings....
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Dhcp]
"Type"=dword:00000020
"Start"=dword:00000002
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"ImagePath"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,6 5,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,\
74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d ,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,\
00,76,00,63,00,68,00,6f,00,73,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00 ,78,00,65,00,20,00,2d,00,\
6b,00,20,00,6e,00,65,00,74,00,73,00,76,00,63,00,73 ,00,00,00
"DisplayName"="DHCP Client"
"Group"="TDI"
"DependOnService"=hex(7):54,00,63,00,70,00,69,00,7 0,00,00,00,41,00,66,00,64,00,\
00,00,4e,00,65,00,74,00,42,00,54,00,00,00,00,00
"DependOnGroup"=hex(7):00,00
"ObjectName"="LocalSystem"
"Description"="Manages network configuration by registering and
updating IP addresses and DNS names."
Good luck!
Trumpeteer