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Save time and keystrokes with the Windows Vista IP Configuration Tool

I had never heard of either of these but I am going to start putting them to use! Thanks!

I downloaded both Vista and XP verisions and ran the Vista one on XP without realizing I did. Ran OK till I got to an option that didn't exist in XP. How about having one version with the Vista only options indicated as such?

I liked seeing the text of the command, but not having to hit OK and then OK again to actually run it. How about displaying the text of the command at the bottom at the time you click the radio button and then OK will just run it?

Nice display in a separate command prompt window with clear colors.

...the requirement that the Vista version deal with elevated privileges for UAC just makes it easier to keep them as separate tools.

I took out the confirmation click after clicking OK so it would run the command, but I lost the syntax display. I don't know enough programming to make it display on the main screen.

Would it be easy to post that at the bottom of the main screen each time any radio button is selected? It could be educational that way too and the changes in the command could be seen immediately.

The reason for the confirmation message (the extra click) was that it displayed the command syntax. Unfortunately, when you pass the command from the HTA to the Command Prompt, the command is not displayed in the Command Prompt window, just the results.

Not sure that it would be easy, or possible, to post the command at the bottom of the dialog box when you select the option because HTML Applications are not as graphically powerful as those written in real programming languages.

If you want to see the command before it is issued, you have to put the confirmation message back.

A really cool additional feature would be the ability to pipe the result through CLIP.EXE to place a copy of the result into the clipboard as well.

Should come in handy! Nice tool.

Brilliant! Why MS burried the IP in cmd or somewhere in the NIC properties we'll never know.
just a hint, if ye convert ihe tool to a vista sidebar gadget you'll not only be tha man. you'll our hero
J.

Thanks!

Would you like to see the Windows Vista IP Configuration Tool converted to a Gadget?

If so, just drop a note here in the Discussion area titled "Please Create a Gadget"

I would like a gadget for Vista.

Windows Vista IP Configuration Tool
If it works on Vista, will it work on Windows 7 also?

Shouldn't option 8 of the Vista IP Config tool read /renew6 not /release6?

...a typo in the text for the dialog box. The actual command is correct and I've made the correction.

Thank you for pointing it out!

So, when are you going to sign it so it doesn't take actra actions to work?

You can read about and download the IPConfig Gadget here:

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/window-on-windows/?p=1554