Help on IE and Standby mode in XP Home

[Ian Ransome]

Dear Newsgroup,

I use a cable modem to connect to the internet & XP Home
as my OS. When I bring my laptop back from Standby mode,
I get the "Can't find server" error when I start IE so my
homepage does not come up. I've tried to reset ipconfig
via a DOS box, but this just goes straight back to the
DOS prompt; have tried ipconfig on its own and
with /release. No joy. If I do a full restart, all is
well, but it rather defeats the idea of the Standby mode!

Anyone have any ideas?

Thx in advance.

Ian

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

I've tried to reset ipconfig via a DOS box, but this just goes

straight back to the DOS prompt;

Read your output.

ipconfig /reset

is an invalid switch for the ipconfig command;
so, evidently what it does is act as if you had typed

ipconfig /?

have tried ipconfig on its own and with /release.

Similarly, comprehend what you read.

ipconfig /? | find "/release"

shows

<quote>
/release Release the IP address for the specified adapter.
</quote>


So clearly if that is all that you did that wouldn't get you going again either.

Hint: so now you see that "/reset" was not a valid switch (but it did
give you a list of possibilities); /release wasn't the right one to get going
again; what's left?


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle