jartay wrote: I have a Dell XPS m1530.  I was using an AT&T Laptop Connect Card.  I decided to remove it and the AT&T Communication Manager.  Once removed neither the built-in wifi or the ethernet adapter will not get an IP address. It keeps failing over to the default 169.254.*.*.  I can set the IP address manually and can see other computer on my local network, through, connecting to their shares is sometimey.     I found in the threads the command netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt and tried it.  Although the command seems to perform the reset and I saw in the verbose ok for each reset.  It didn't seem to work.  After comming back up from a reboot I could not find the file c:\resetlog.txt and I still have the same issue.  While at a command prompt the ping command fails with the PING: transmit failed. General failure. Further the summary of the command output has text garbage.  The tracert commands also fail and has text garbage in it's output.  I was hoping for a fix without a rebuild in insight would be appreciated. I don't know the AT&T Communication Manager, but it most probably installs one or more services/devices into the network stack to allow roaming between different network connections. Such programs need to be removed with a special uninstaller, which should be provided by AT&T to remove all traces from the network stack - simple removing via the Programs and Features uninstallation may not work or leave the PC in an unusable state. Sometimes even the corrrect uninstallers error out during uninstallation because of bad programming thus leaving you with an unusable PC. Wolfgang

I have a Dell XPS m1530. I was using an AT&T Laptop Connect Card. I decided to remove it and the AT&T Communication Manager. Once removed neither the built-in wifi or the ethernet adapter will not get an IP address. It keeps failing over to the default 169.254.*.*. I can set the IP address manually and can see other computer on my local network, through, connecting to their shares is sometimey. I found in the threads the command netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt and tried it. Although the command seems to perform the reset and I saw in the verbose ok for each reset. It didn't seem to work. After comming back up from a reboot I could not find the file c:\resetlog.txt and I still have the same issue. While at a command prompt the ping command fails with the PING: transmit failed. General failure. Further the summary of the command output has text garbage. The tracert commands also fail and has text garbage in it's output. I was hoping for a fix without a rebuild in insight would be appreciated.

It's ok. I resolved the issue myself. I just exported the reg key HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock and Winsock2 from another Windows 7 machine to a USB drive. Deleted the key on the affected machine and import the keys and everything works just fine. I'm good. Thanks