nivrip
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I have an oldish PC running Win XP and used purely for crunching. It has been fine for a number of years but after a shut down two days ago it will not connect to the internet. It is picking up my Wi-Fi very well but when I click Internet I get a message stating that there is an IP Address conflict so I've tried to change the IP on the PC which will not connect but it will not change. So, I tried to connect with the working PC switched off, hoping that there would be no IP conflict but no luck. Then I tried changing the IP address on the working PC but that wouldn't change either.
I have been onto my ISP and they have checked the line and the router and all is well.
One other thing is that this faulty PC is part of a small network and I wondered if that had anything to do with IP conflicts. There is plenty about setting up a network via Control Panel but I can find nothing about uncoupling from the network. I assume that it is possible but how?
Any advice on what to do next would be appreciated.
I have been onto my ISP and they have checked the line and the router and all is well.
One other thing is that this faulty PC is part of a small network and I wondered if that had anything to do with IP conflicts. There is plenty about setting up a network via Control Panel but I can find nothing about uncoupling from the network. I assume that it is possible but how?
Any advice on what to do next would be appreciated.