can't release ip

JaY

i cant connect to the internet my ip is 169.254.X.X. which is a default ip
and when i try ipconfig/release the messege comes up " the requested
operation requires elevation what can i do to fix this and get on-line?

David

JaY wrote:
> i cant connect to the internet my ip is 169.254.X.X. which is a default ip
> and when i try ipconfig/release the messege comes up " the requested
> operation requires elevation what can i do to fix this and get on-line?
>
>
run a cmd prompt as administrator? right click on "cmd.exe", choose
"run as admin.". then try your ipconfig/release command again

JaY

"David" wrote:

> JaY wrote:
> > i cant connect to the internet my ip is 169.254.X.X. which is a default ip
> > and when i try ipconfig/release the messege comes up " the requested
> > operation requires elevation what can i do to fix this and get on-line?
> >
> >
> run a cmd prompt as administrator? right click on "cmd.exe", choose
> "run as admin.". then try your ipconfig/release command again
>
when i do this it say's " an error occurred while releasing Interface
loopback Pseudo-interface 1 - the system cant find the file specified" and
under that it show the ip with the 169.254.XX.X just like it would if i put
in ip config

JaY

"David" wrote:

> JaY wrote:
> > i cant connect to the internet my ip is 169.254.X.X. which is a default ip
> > and when i try ipconfig/release the messege comes up " the requested
> > operation requires elevation what can i do to fix this and get on-line?
> >
> >
> run a cmd prompt as administrator? right click on "cmd.exe", choose
> "run as admin.". then try your ipconfig/release command again
>
when i do this it say's " an error occurred while releasing Interface
loopback Pseudo-interface 1 - the system cant find the file specified" and
under that it show the ip with the 169.254.XX.X just like it would if i put
in ip config

Barb Bowman

can you post the complete TEXT output of

ipconfig /all from an elevated cmd prompt and tell us what you are
connecting to? router? broadband modem directly?

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:46:02 -0700, JaY
<> wrote:

>
>
>"David" wrote:
>
>> JaY wrote:
>> > i cant connect to the internet my ip is 169.254.X.X. which is a default ip
>> > and when i try ipconfig/release the messege comes up " the requested
>> > operation requires elevation what can i do to fix this and get on-line?
>> >
>> >
>> run a cmd prompt as administrator? right click on "cmd.exe", choose
>> "run as admin.". then try your ipconfig/release command again
>>
>when i do this it say's " an error occurred while releasing Interface
>loopback Pseudo-interface 1 - the system cant find the file specified" and
>under that it show the ip with the 169.254.XX.X just like it would if i put
>in ip config
--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP

Barb Bowman

can you post the complete TEXT output of

ipconfig /all from an elevated cmd prompt and tell us what you are
connecting to? router? broadband modem directly?

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:46:02 -0700, JaY
<> wrote:

>
>
>"David" wrote:
>
>> JaY wrote:
>> > i cant connect to the internet my ip is 169.254.X.X. which is a default ip
>> > and when i try ipconfig/release the messege comes up " the requested
>> > operation requires elevation what can i do to fix this and get on-line?
>> >
>> >
>> run a cmd prompt as administrator? right click on "cmd.exe", choose
>> "run as admin.". then try your ipconfig/release command again
>>
>when i do this it say's " an error occurred while releasing Interface
>loopback Pseudo-interface 1 - the system cant find the file specified" and
>under that it show the ip with the 169.254.XX.X just like it would if i put
>in ip config
--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP

JaY

im connecting to a cable modem and this is the outcome of ipconfig/all

C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 04-4B-80-80-80-04
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 04-4B-80-80-80-03
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::402c:8b2d:43a4:50c%8(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.5.12(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201608064
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{ECE0D666-A726-482F-9C42-77B6B9657
B1B}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:169.254.5.12%10(Preferred)
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. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{63D573CF-05CC-4AD5-8D1A-42E37AE7B
AD2}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Windows\system32>

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

> can you post the complete TEXT output of
>
> ipconfig /all from an elevated cmd prompt and tell us what you are
> connecting to? router? broadband modem directly?
>
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:46:02 -0700, JaY
> <> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >"David" wrote:
> >
> >> JaY wrote:
> >> > i cant connect to the internet my ip is 169.254.X.X. which is a default ip
> >> > and when i try ipconfig/release the messege comes up " the requested
> >> > operation requires elevation what can i do to fix this and get on-line?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> run a cmd prompt as administrator? right click on "cmd.exe", choose
> >> "run as admin.". then try your ipconfig/release command again
> >>
> >when i do this it say's " an error occurred while releasing Interface
> >loopback Pseudo-interface 1 - the system cant find the file specified" and
> >under that it show the ip with the 169.254.XX.X just like it would if i put
> >in ip config
> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
>
>
>

JaY

im connecting to a cable modem and this is the outcome of ipconfig/all

C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 04-4B-80-80-80-04
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 04-4B-80-80-80-03
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::402c:8b2d:43a4:50c%8(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.5.12(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201608064
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{ECE0D666-A726-482F-9C42-77B6B9657
B1B}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:169.254.5.12%10(Preferred)
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. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{63D573CF-05CC-4AD5-8D1A-42E37AE7B
AD2}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Windows\system32>

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

> can you post the complete TEXT output of
>
> ipconfig /all from an elevated cmd prompt and tell us what you are
> connecting to? router? broadband modem directly?
>
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:46:02 -0700, JaY
> <> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >"David" wrote:
> >
> >> JaY wrote:
> >> > i cant connect to the internet my ip is 169.254.X.X. which is a default ip
> >> > and when i try ipconfig/release the messege comes up " the requested
> >> > operation requires elevation what can i do to fix this and get on-line?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> run a cmd prompt as administrator? right click on "cmd.exe", choose
> >> "run as admin.". then try your ipconfig/release command again
> >>
> >when i do this it say's " an error occurred while releasing Interface
> >loopback Pseudo-interface 1 - the system cant find the file specified" and
> >under that it show the ip with the 169.254.XX.X just like it would if i put
> >in ip config
> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
>
>
>

JaY

"David" wrote:

> JaY wrote:
> > i cant connect to the internet my ip is 169.254.X.X. which is a default ip
> > and when i try ipconfig/release the messege comes up " the requested
> > operation requires elevation what can i do to fix this and get on-line?
> >
> >
> run a cmd prompt as administrator? right click on "cmd.exe", choose
> "run as admin.". then try your ipconfig/release command again
>
when i do this it say's " an error occurred while releasing Interface
loopback Pseudo-interface 1 - the system cant find the file specified" and
under that it show the ip with the 169.254.XX.X just like it would if i put
in ip config

Barb Bowman

can you post the complete TEXT output of

ipconfig /all from an elevated cmd prompt and tell us what you are
connecting to? router? broadband modem directly?

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:46:02 -0700, JaY
<> wrote:

>
>
>"David" wrote:
>
>> JaY wrote:
>> > i cant connect to the internet my ip is 169.254.X.X. which is a default ip
>> > and when i try ipconfig/release the messege comes up " the requested
>> > operation requires elevation what can i do to fix this and get on-line?
>> >
>> >
>> run a cmd prompt as administrator? right click on "cmd.exe", choose
>> "run as admin.". then try your ipconfig/release command again
>>
>when i do this it say's " an error occurred while releasing Interface
>loopback Pseudo-interface 1 - the system cant find the file specified" and
>under that it show the ip with the 169.254.XX.X just like it would if i put
>in ip config
--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP