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TCP/IP - How to start DHCP client service after renew lease failed  

From TCP/IP - How to start DHCP client service after renew lease failed:

OISA (TechnicalUser) Feb 20, 2003
I cam across this very same issue twice in the last week (1st time I had to re-install complete new WinXP), but I think I got it now. I was able to re-establish the connection to the Internet.

I had all the issues describes above (IP=0.0.0.0, 'netsh' failed, etc). I have combined some partial Win2K methods(there you can uninstall TCP/IP), which then changed my problem to the famous 169.254.x.x problem (where DHCP cannot be connected), then I re-installed XP - and it works!

These are the steps I've used (mybe not everything is necessary:

01. Use Regedit.exe to navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock.

02. Export the Winsock key to a Winsock.reg file, to save it.

03. Delete the Winsock key.

04. Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2.

05. Export the Winsock2 key to a Winsock2.reg file, to save it.

06. Delete the Winsock2 key.

07. Exit Regedit.exe.

08. Execute in a Command window: 'netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt'. This time it ends successfully, the IP is now '169.254.x.x' (which is another problem).

09. Re-install WinXP with the installation CD (use the 'upgrade' option).

After the re-installation completed, I got everything back.

Let us know does it work to you too.

BTW: I had this problem twice after using Ad-Aware 6.0 (the spyware cleaner) which deleted some files and registries off my computer. I am still using it and 'usually' there is no harm.

Why did I blog this? The family computer system got hosed. No connection to the network. I guess I could have restored the system (I'm wondering which thing screwed it up!), but I found this fix, and am going after it. I'm especially enheartened because the poster had it happen to him just like me, running Ad-aware 6.0. It's something I should probably post on Teoti as well. Copy and paste is a good thing. I'm now in the middle of reinstalling XP. We'll see if this works or not.

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