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windows IP dissappeared

#1 Post by shiyang » Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:44 am

Anybody seen windows IP disappearing before?

When you type ipconfig

It just says "windows IP configuration" one line, nothing else When you goto the support tab on the Lan icon, it doesn't even give an IP address, it's all grey like the background. Not 0.0.0.0 not 169.. Just nothing.
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#2 Post by jdhurst » Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:07 pm

If ipconfig shows nothing, perhaps it cannot find the NIC. Uninstall the NIC and re-install it. Make sure you have the latest drivers for it on the machine and exploded ready to go before you uninstall the NIC. ... JD Hurst

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been there

#3 Post by shiyang » Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:35 pm

done that..

it it helps, i have bluetooth lan, wifi, hamachi and the internal lan all displaying this problem..

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#4 Post by carbon_unit » Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:03 pm

Maybe you need to remove TCP/IP and reinstall it?
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#5 Post by Kyocera » Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:20 pm

Check device manager, see if you have any red X's on your lan card. I see this a lot with nics that are fried by lightning strikes. :cry:

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just tried the reinstall thing

#6 Post by shiyang » Mon Oct 09, 2006 6:15 pm

and no red X's

nothing.. works..

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Re: just tried the reinstall thing

#7 Post by jdhurst » Mon Oct 09, 2006 6:21 pm

shiyang wrote:and no red X's

nothing.. works..
Given all you have said against all the advice offered, then it appears to be system rebuild time at this point.
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#8 Post by ukzthgp » Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:56 pm

Not sure if it will help, but I had a similar experience after having dowloaded and installed PC Doctor 5 for windows using the S/W installer:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 5&start=60

The IP symptoms are exactly the same though. My only solution so far is has been to rebuild from scratch.
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#9 Post by pietjepuk » Thu Nov 16, 2006 12:33 pm

The utility from
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html
is a life saver.

See more on this topic under 'fn+f5 problem topic'

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Re: windows IP dissappeared

#10 Post by Musti » Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:42 pm

shiyang wrote:Anybody seen windows IP disappearing before?

When you type ipconfig

It just says "windows IP configuration" one line, nothing else When you goto the support tab on the Lan icon, it doesn't even give an IP address, it's all grey like the background. Not 0.0.0.0 not 169.. Just nothing.
help?
Thanks
before more drastic solutions, try this and see if it helps.

Start --> Run --> cmd hit ENTER
type netsh winsock reset hit ENTER, reboot.

I think what pietjepuk pointed is a small software that does just this, plus backs up your registry settings.
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