I am having a trouble removing this ip. I am getting 169.254... I have dell dimension 8300..It has a onboard card. I disabled onboard and install a new pci card.. same. New pci card is getting the dame ip..169.254..I also tried a usb wired adapter but no luck.
I tried netsh winsock reset
I also removed a winsock and winsock2 keys from the registry and reinstall tcpip.

I need help to fix this issue..please

My machine has windows XP home adition..

hi there blue bird and welcome to dal the online computer help forum

pleease try this

To remove TCP/IP

Open Network and Dial-up Connections
Right-click any network connection, and then click Properties.
On the General tab (for a local area connection) or the Networking tab (all other connections), click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click Uninstall.
In the Uninstall Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) dialog box, click Yes.
Note

To open Network and Dial-up Connections, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Network and Dial-up Connections.
You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure.
If Uninstall is dimmed, there are no other protocols installed. You cannot uninstall TCP/IP if no other protocols are available.
If you remove TCP/IP, you lose the following:
Internet Protocol security (IPSec)
Active Directory
PPTP and L2TP tunneling

Installing TCP/IP

Install TCP/IP



if you dont have any joy with please get back to me on this thread


hope this helps

Thanks.

One problem is uninstall is grayed out. I can not uninstall tcpip.

Originally Posted by spud

hi there blue bird and welcome to dal the online computer help forum

pleease try this

To remove TCP/IP

Open Network and Dial-up Connections
Right-click any network connection, and then click Properties.
On the General tab (for a local area connection) or the Networking tab (all other connections), click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click Uninstall.
In the Uninstall Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) dialog box, click Yes.
Note

To open Network and Dial-up Connections, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Network and Dial-up Connections.
You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure.
If Uninstall is dimmed, there are no other protocols installed. You cannot uninstall TCP/IP if no other protocols are available.
If you remove TCP/IP, you lose the following:
Internet Protocol security (IPSec)
Active Directory
PPTP and L2TP tunneling

Installing TCP/IP

Install TCP/IP



if you dont have any joy with please get back to me on this thread


hope this helps

Originally Posted by spud

If Uninstall is dimmed, there are no other protocols installed. You cannot uninstall TCP/IP if no other protocols are available.

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