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funnyman82
07-04-2005, 02:53 PM
Hey all,

looks like this site is up again....i was posting in the other one...thanks for all the suggestions...but still not working...:(

This is the post from the other site: http://www.lamplite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=608#post608

Basically what happened was I updated to SP3 for win2000 and now i cannot connect to the net on that computer and i cannot check my email either....

please help...

Thanks.
Canuck2fan
07-04-2005, 03:26 PM
What type of connection do you have? Are you using a router?
funnyman82
07-04-2005, 03:41 PM
I am running Win2000, on rogers hi-speed with a router connected to the modem.

I can do pretty much everything (even connect to the other computers on my network) but i cannot get on the net or check my email! grrrrr...
funnyman82
07-04-2005, 04:07 PM
I tried releasing and renewing the ip but when i tried releasing it says:

"all adapters bound to DHCP do not DHCP addresses. The addresses were automatically configured and can not be released"

what does this mean???
woodpusher
07-04-2005, 04:27 PM
Are you running wireless? Twice I had a problem setting up wireless on Win2000 SP3 machines. I had to uninstall SP3 before they would connect.
You might want to know SP4 (the final Windows 2000 service pack) is out.
funnyman82
07-04-2005, 04:31 PM
I just uninstalled SP3 and i am back online now...i have no idea what was wrong...

I am not running a wireless network...i can barely work with a wired one....lol
Deb
07-04-2005, 04:44 PM
I tried releasing and renewing the ip but when i tried releasing it says:

"all adapters bound to DHCP do not DHCP addresses. The addresses were automatically configured and can not be released"

what does this mean???
This means that your ip configuration is "hard coded" into your network settings. It does not get a random ip from the router.

Sounds like something got overwritten incorrectly when you did the windows update (we've seen this before in the shop). Usually running "winsock repair" fixes things up.
funnyman82
07-04-2005, 05:01 PM
i am not sure i want to update to sp3 again after what i went through today...good thing i had another computer that worked...
funnyman82
07-17-2005, 11:11 PM
I gave it another shot today...this try downloading SP4 and same problem so I uninstalled it again and everything is fine once again...I even tried the Winsock fix program after the update ....and nothing....:(