ipconfig returns internal error occurred

[Oliver]

I am running Windows XP Professional SP1.

This is a fairly new installation and everything was
working. I wanted to share some files, so I right-
clicked on the folder I wanted to share and chose Network
Sharing. I went through the Network Setup Wizard.

All of this worked. However, I noticed that when the
wizard configured network sharing, it setup a Network
Bridge b/n the Ethernet and Token Ring adapters in the
system w/o asking me if I wanted to setup a Bridge.

I proceeded to delete the Network Bridge. After deleting
the bridge, I still have network connectity. I can ping
systems, do nslookups, and access the web.

However, ipconfig doesn't work now. It returns:
C:\Documents and Settings\ohsu>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration

An internal error occurred: A device attached to the
system is not functioning.

Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services for
further help.

Additional information: Unknown media status code.

c:\>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration

An internal error occurred: A device attached to the
system is not functioning.

Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services for
further help.

Additional information: Unknown media status code.

Like I mentioned previously, I can still ping, do name
resolution, and access web pages. When I go through the
GUI (Start -> Control Panel -> Network Connections ->
Local Area Connection, the status says Connected. It
seems like it is only ipconfig that doesn't work.

 

[Rakesh Chanana [MSFT]]

Try one (or all of these):
1. Check the properties of each NIC to make sure that a weird IP address
(such as 0.0.0.0) has not been assigned to one of the NICs. Make sure to
also look under Advanced and not just the first page of TCP/IP properties.
If so, delete that IP address.
2. If you installed another software or service or driver before the
problem, try system restore to the state prior to that
3. Check to see if "Incoming connections" is enabled. If so, disable that
and try again.
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Thanks,
Rakesh Chanana [MSFT]

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