CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 Practice Question
During last night's maintenance window you deployed the latest cumulative Windows Update to a Windows Server 2022 virtual machine that hosts your department's file shares. After the scheduled reboot, users report they can no longer access any SMB shares. When you sign in through Safe Mode you find the Server (LanmanServer) service is stopped and fails to start with the message "Error 2 - The system cannot find the file specified." Event Viewer shows no disk or network errors, and network connectivity to the VM is normal. Running dism /online /get-packages lists the new cumulative update with the state Install Pending.
Which action should you perform first to restore the file-sharing service while you investigate the cause?
Update the virtual NIC driver to the latest vendor-supplied version and rebind the TCP/IP stack.
Uninstall the most recent cumulative update and reboot the server to roll back the incomplete patch.
Clear the DNS resolver cache and restart the DNS Client (Dnscache) service.
Delete and recreate the affected shares and their permissions, then try to restart the Server service.