WINS could not start because the existing database needs to be converted to the Windows 2000 format. If this is the first ...

WINS could not start because the existing database needs to be converted to  the Windows 2000 format.  If this is the first invocation of WINS after an upgrade from NT 4.0, you need  To run the convert utility (edbutil.exe in the %%SystemRoot%%\system32  directory) on the WINS database to convert it to the Windows 2000 database  format.  Once you have done that, you should restart WINS.