Vista - Vista Unidentified network error

Ever since I had to reboot my computer yesterday from a lockup I can't even get connection to my network.

Heres a printout of my ipconfig.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Josh-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-4B-0A-4A-7D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::90b2:70dc:6f39:cb1d%16(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.203.29(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-4B-0A-4A-7C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes


As you can see it keeps defualting back to 169.254.203.29 as my Ipv4 it's also the only computer on my network to be doing this.
I can't figure anything out I've tried reinstalling my drivers, updating them, and even rolling my system back, nothing has worked yet.

what type of internet connection do you have?

Not sure if this will help you but I have seen it work in some cases with intermittent connections so give this a go. Turn off your IPv6 TCP/IP protocol I have seen this cause unknown issues, again may not do much but it's worth a try.

I've tried disabling the IPv6 protocal that didnt work either, and my internet is embarqs dsl 10mbit no sign in and its dynamic ip. That computer is the only one that has had the problem and it just happened out of no where and I've found a lot of people having issues with nvidias network controllers just crapping out.

Have you thought of picking up a new Network card to test it out? They only run like $12 for an internal one and around $19-$25 for a usb-to-ethernet style. The only other thing I can think of is update the drivers for your current network adapter.