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Event ID 8005: The system failed to register network adapter with settings:

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The system failed to register network adapter with settings:

Event 8005
DNS-Client
System log
Warning
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them) 
The system failed to register network adapter with settings:

           Adapter Name : …
           Host Name : …
           Adapter-specific Domain Suffix : …
           DNS server list :
             …
           Sent update to server : …
           IP Address(es) :
             …

The reason it could not register was because either: (a) the DNS server does not support the DNS dynamic update protocol, or (b) the primary zone authoritative for the registering names does not currently accept dynamic updates.

To add or register a DNS host (A or AAAA) resource record using the specific DNS name for this adapter, contact your DNS server or network systems administrator.

Completed manual processing of policy for user … in … seconds.

Event 8005
GroupPolicy
System log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them) 
Completed manual processing of policy for user … in … seconds.