IP config in Windows folders?

[Guest]

I have a user whose MoBo died so I transferred her HDD to a new (different)
machine to save the data. The question arose if I could extract the static IP
config which was setup on her former machine from the old HDD. She's at a
Project site administered by a client company who is notorious fro being very
slow vis-a-vis IT matters. Which caused me to stop and think. I really didn't
know if or where that info would reside. Can someone please enlighten me?
Thanks

 

[Ghostrider]

I have a user whose MoBo died so I transferred her HDD to a new (different)
machine to save the data. The question arose if I could extract the static IP
config which was setup on her former machine from the old HDD. She's at a
Project site administered by a client company who is notorious fro being very
slow vis-a-vis IT matters. Which caused me to stop and think. I really didn't
know if or where that info would reside. Can someone please enlighten me?
Thanks

There should not be a problem in re-configuring the network connection
of the new machine. But one does need information, especially on how the
original motherboard was administered, i.e., within a domain or locally.
For the former, there is no way of avoiding the client's company IT dept.
For the latter, it would simply be a matter of discovering the TCP/IP
settings and this can be accomplished by searching the Windows Registry
from the old HD.

 

[JockoBailey]

I have a user whose MoBo died so I transferred her HDD to a new (different)
machine to save the data. The question arose if I could extract the static IP
config which was setup on her former machine from the old HDD. She's at a
Project site administered by a client company who is notorious fro being very
slow vis-a-vis IT matters. Which caused me to stop and think. I really didn't
know if or where that info would reside. Can someone please enlighten me?
Thanks

If you can boot with the old HDD then the network settings should be the
same.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the response.
How would I view the old registry? Does invoking regedit from the old HDD
automatically read the old registry? Where is the old registry in the file
structure?

 

[John Wunderlich]

Thanks for the response.
How would I view the old registry? Does invoking regedit from the
old HDD automatically read the old registry? Where is the old
registry in the file structure?

To view it, you would use regedit. Regedit will open the registry on
the currently active system, but you can open registry "hives" from
other systems / disks / archives by using the "File->Load Hive" option
in Regedit.

As to where the registry resides, consult:
"Description of the Microsoft Windows registry"
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986>

HTH,
John

 

[Guest]

I can't, unfortunately. Thanks for responding, though.

 

[Guest]

That's it! Haven't used that since MCSE class. Perfect. Thanks.