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by krweston73 1 view

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System: Dell Server Win2000 SP3, Exchange 2000 SP3 Gigabit Ethernet and 10/100 connection.

In Network and Dial up connections when I bring up the TCP/IP properties for the Gigabit card it tells me it's set to obtain IP and DNS information automatically even though the IP and DNS is hardcoded. I know this is true because IPCONFIG/ ALL tells me DHCP Enabled...NO and the IP address is what I set it to is correct. When I go to re-hardcode it or change it the information it is accepted but when you go back in to verify it still says it is set to DHCP.

Then on the 10/100 card (which is disabled) When you try to bring up the properties page for it... it crashes the properties page and the explorer shell which then has to refresh the background including all the desktop icons.
Any Ideas????

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by techkid

Try uninstalling Windows SP3. They're have been a lot of issues with it. Put Windows SP2 on it and see if you get the errors

That's just an idea'r

by quintar51

Hi,

I also have w2k server running sp3, and I had a similar problem. I have 2 NICS: 3com, and a Dlink. My problem was similar in that the properties screen in network and dial-up connections would also hang and crash.

I managed to fix the problem by re-installing both NICs.

give that a try.

by chorito

1st - Obtain the latest drivers for the NICs
2nd - Remove the 2 NICs from the OS
3rd - Reboot ... install the latest drivers.

this should fix your problem. I had the same problem on my Dell Server

Always remember:
Never remove a NIC from a computer without removing it from the OS first. Will cause problems in the future.

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