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11-21-2008
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| | Vista Won't pickup an IP address I've tried restoring the system, I've even hooked up an external ethernet card, and I cannot get Windows to pickup the router IP address or cable modem address. Vista Home Premium Anyone got the quick fix? Must be a way to reset something... Really don't feel like re-installing windows... thanks... jf |
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11-21-2008
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| | Re: Vista Won't pickup an IP address On Nov 21, 12:35*pm, jimmy fallon <jimmyfal...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > I've tried restoring the system, I've even hooked up an external ethernet > card, and I cannot get Windows to pickup the router IP address or cable modem > address. > Vista Home Premium > Anyone got the quick fix? Must be a way to reset something... > Really don't feel like re-installing windows... > thanks... > jf |
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11-21-2008
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| | Re: Vista Won't pickup an IP address no problem there, I think there is some sort of winsock issue. jf "riprap" wrote: Quote: > On Nov 21, 12:35 pm, jimmy fallon > <jimmyfal...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > > I've tried restoring the system, I've even hooked up an external ethernet > > card, and I cannot get Windows to pickup the router IP address or cable modem > > address. > > Vista Home Premium > > Anyone got the quick fix? Must be a way to reset something... > > Really don't feel like re-installing windows... > > thanks... > > jf > What does Device Mgr say about your network adapter(s)? > |
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11-21-2008
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| | Re: Vista Won't pickup an IP address that may be a problem with the router or modem's DHCP settings, or it could be that Vista has somehow turned off network discovery. make sure you have enough DHCP addresses available to assign one to the machine. "jimmy fallon" <jimmyfallon@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:23D474D1-986A-4FED-B707-8F467251E470@xxxxxx Quote: > I've tried restoring the system, I've even hooked up an external ethernet > card, and I cannot get Windows to pickup the router IP address or cable > modem > address. > Vista Home Premium > Anyone got the quick fix? Must be a way to reset something... > Really don't feel like re-installing windows... > thanks... > jf > |
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