"DHCP client could not obtain an IP address"

[Knack]

WinNT4W(SP6a) PC is in a workgroup with only a WinXPP(no SP) PC.

NT PC keeps getting this popup error, yet I have a static IP address set up
in WinNT4W(SP6a). Why?

Was also getting the same error when I had the NT PC set for 'Obtain an IP
address from a DHCP server', which is recommended for workgrouping to a XP
computer. That's why I changed it to a fixed IP address.

 

[Invisible]

NT PC keeps getting this popup error, yet I have a static IP address set
up

in WinNT4W(SP6a). Why?

Hmm... that's strange... You might try stopping the DHCP Client service and
see if that shuts it up... Weird tho...

 

[Knack]

Hmm... that's strange... You might try stopping the DHCP Client service and
see if that shuts it up... Weird tho...

Thanks. That idea had already ocurred to me before, but I was reluctant to
do it.

OK, I disabled it and that appears to have cured the problem, but you know
something in NT is still damaged.

It can't be TCP-IP protocol, because I uninstalled and reinstalled TCP-IP
(and SP6a) yet the problem remained. I surmise then that the registry is
damaged somewhere. I'd still like to be able to do a true repair. Perhaps
I'll have to do a registry restore from a registry of earlier this month.
Unfortunately I didn't save the registry immediately after upgading to
IE6/OE6.