What is the XP equivalent of the 98 IP Configuration?

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Moving from Windows 98 SE to Windows XP here....

In Windows 98 I am used to running the file WINIPCFG.EXE to bring up the IP
Configuration utility. From there I could select each of the network
connections in my computer, and release or renew the IP address for it.

Can Windows XP do this? If it can, what is the equivalent function to do this?
 
From a CMD Prompt Window, the command is IPConfig.
Use a /? qualifier to see the available options for IPConfig
 
Tougher said:
Moving from Windows 98 SE to Windows XP here....

In Windows 98 I am used to running the file WINIPCFG.EXE to bring up
the IP Configuration utility. From there I could select each of the
network connections in my computer, and release or renew the IP
address for it.

Can Windows XP do this? If it can, what is the equivalent function to
do this?
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Start>Run>cmd [enter]
ipconfig /? [enter] to get the options

Malke
 
I know how to run ipconfig from the command line in Windows XP. I can run
ipconfig from the command line in Windows 98 also. What I can't do is run a
GUI interface program like IP Configuration in Windows XP like in Windows 98.
That is what I am looking for.
 
In XP the ipconfig command is the command-line equivalent to the
winipcfg command.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ipconfig.mspx?mfr=tru

winipcfg command is actually not available in Windows XP.But still you
can use it in XP.To do this,visit:-

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/wntipcfg-o.asp

Download and install:-WntIpcfg_setup.exe it's a 152 kb file.

Now after this, locate where you have downloaded the file eg. it may be
under the C:\Program Files\Resource Kit.Create a shortcut of
WINIPCFG.EXE by right clicking Send To Desktop option(create
shortcut).Now double click on it to launch it.

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]
 
Tougher said:
I know how to run ipconfig from the command line in Windows XP. I can run
ipconfig from the command line in Windows 98 also. What I can't do is run a
GUI interface program like IP Configuration in Windows XP like in Windows 98.
That is what I am looking for.
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I don't believe that there is any such animal. GUI's are such awkward,
cumbersome ways of doing some things. The closest you'll find is to
right-click My Network Places > Properties, right-click the specific
connection, and select properties again.


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Moving from Windows 98 SE to Windows XP here....

In Windows 98 I am used to running the file WINIPCFG.EXE to bring up the IP
Configuration utility. From there I could select each of the network
connections in my computer, and release or renew the IP address for it.

Can Windows XP do this? If it can, what is the equivalent function to do this?
Click to expand...

Wntipcfg.exe: Windows 2k, NT, XP IPConfig Utility. (Just like the "Winipcfg.exe" in Windows98)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/wntipcfg-o.asp
 
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