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Steven

in the dos prompt when i use the ipconfig command it tells
me that that is a bad command/filename. could this be due
to a user not having administrative priviledges?
 
No this means the IP stack is corrupted. Did you install a 3d party dialer
or firewall product?

Paul.
 
"Steven" said:
in the dos prompt when i use the ipconfig command it tells
me that that is a bad command/filename. could this be due
to a user not having administrative priviledges?
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No. It probably means one of these things:

1. You typed the command name wrong, or:

2. The Path variable has the wrong value. Enter this command:

set Path

Here's the output from the command on my XP computer:

Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH

Try running this command, which specifies the complete path of the
executable file:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\ipconfig.exe
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There is also an issue where the stack can be in a funked state (e.g.
catalog corruption) and running commands like IPCONFIG cause similar
behavior.
 
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