Can't see IP config from Run command... why?

[chicagofan]

Since lightning fried my MB and a repair service replaced my Intel chip with
a network server card, I have been unable to view the IP config box using
WinXp's Run command window. It will pop up and disappear instantly! Where
can I look to correct this problem?

TIA for any assistance or direction to a site to figure this out.
bj

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Since lightning fried my MB and a repair service replaced my Intel
chip with a network server card,

An Intel chip and a network server card are two entirely different things,
and one can't replace the other. Exactly what did this repair service do?

I have been unable to view the IP
config box using WinXp's Run command window. It will pop up and
disappear instantly! Where can I look to correct this problem?

It's not a problem, there's nothing to correct, and it didn't start with
whatever the repair service did.

You're running it from the Start | Run line. When you run *any* command from
the Start | Run line, the command window stays open only as long as the
command is running; then it closes.

The way to run a command like this is first to open a command window by
entering CMD at the Start | Run line. You can then enter ipconfig, or any
other command, in the window, and the results will stay there until *you*
close the window.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Since lightning fried my MB and a repair service replaced my Intel chip
with a network server card, I have been unable to view the IP config box
using WinXp's Run command window. It will pop up and disappear instantly!
Where can I look to correct this problem?

TIA for any assistance or direction to a site to figure this out.
bj

this is entirely normal. As soon as the process ends, it terminates its
session. To get around this, from start, run type CMD, and in the command
window type ipconfig.

HTH
-pk

 

[chicagofan]

this is entirely normal. As soon as the process ends, it terminates its
session. To get around this, from start, run type CMD, and in the command
window type ipconfig.

HTH
-pk

Thank you so much [you and Ken both]! It had been so long since I had to
use that, I completely forgot about the CMD instruction.

Since the motherboard/adapter changes, when I lose my internet connection...
a message starts flashing [up and down] from the task bar icon, even if
*no* alerts are set. I figured all of this was associated with why I
couldn't see the IP settings as I used to. Mea culpa...
bj

 

[chicagofan]

An Intel chip and a network server card are two entirely different things,
and one can't replace the other. Exactly what did this repair service do?

As you can tell I'm not very computer literate and have a very short term
memory, so I had to look up [the exact descriptions] of what I noticed that
had been changed, after my motherboard was replaced.

I had an Intel 845GV chipset, graphics card, etc., and it was replaced with
an NEC Enterprise server chipset GPB, VIA Raid controller, Rhine Ethernet
adapter, ? graphics and I'm not sure what else. I wasn't asked about this
beforehand, and based on my last pc repair experience, I was just grateful
to get it back and working.

It's not a problem, there's nothing to correct, and it didn't start with
whatever the repair service did.

You're running it from the Start | Run line. When you run *any* command from
the Start | Run line, the command window stays open only as long as the
command is running; then it closes.

The way to run a command like this is first to open a command window by
entering CMD at the Start | Run line. You can then enter ipconfig, or any
other command, in the window, and the results will stay there until *you*
close the window.

LOL... thanks again for alleviating my ignorance. I'll write it down this
time... so this won't happen again.
bj

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

An Intel chip and a network server card are two entirely different
things, and one can't replace the other. Exactly what did this
repair service do?

As you can tell I'm not very computer literate and have a very short
term memory, so I had to look up [the exact descriptions] of what I
noticed that had been changed, after my motherboard was replaced.

I had an Intel 845GV chipset, graphics card, etc., and it was
replaced with an NEC Enterprise server chipset GPB, VIA Raid
controller, Rhine Ethernet adapter, ? graphics and I'm not sure what
else. I wasn't asked about this beforehand, and based on my last pc
repair experience, I was just grateful to get it back and working.

It's not a problem, there's nothing to correct, and it didn't start
with whatever the repair service did.

You're running it from the Start | Run line. When you run *any*
command from the Start | Run line, the command window stays open
only as long as the command is running; then it closes.

The way to run a command like this is first to open a command window
by entering CMD at the Start | Run line. You can then enter
ipconfig, or any other command, in the window, and the results will
stay there until *you* close the window.

LOL... thanks again for alleviating my ignorance. I'll write it down
this time... so this won't happen again.

You're welcome. Glad to help.