Santos said:
Could someone please explain what does it means the following error
message:
"windows system error: There is an IP address conflict with another system
on
the network"? ( I received this error message after log-off, and the
computer was on stand-by for about one hour). Thanks.
What this means is that you are on a network with a router and both the
router and your system are configured to use DHCP, which means that the
router gives IP addresses when computers ask for them.
Your computer went to sleep, and while it was asleep the router decided that
your system was disconnected; and another system came online and the router
gave away the address your system had been using.
Your computer, on the other hand, knows nothing of this, and woke up with
the address it had been using, and starts talking to the router. Your
computer gets the message that there is now another system with the same
address.
Restarting the computer will fix this, as it forces Windows to seek a new IP
address.
Or, you can use Notepad to create a small text file with these three lines:
=======
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
=======
Note that there is a space before the forward slash. Do press enter after
the /renew to get the blank line.
Save this to your desktop as something like "ip_reset.cmd". The next time
you get the conflict message, double-click on the icon for the file, and it
will run. It will force your system to abandon the old address and get a
new one from the router. It shouldn't take more than five seconds to run.
HTH
-pk
