[Ham-Computers] ipconfig.exe won't run

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Group,

My main computer must have a specific (static) IP address in order for my 
Xerox scan-to-file system to work.  But connection through the router to the 
cable modem requires setting the thing to dynamic.  I achieve this by temporarily 
setting it to static and then back to dynamic whereupon the router gives back 
the correct IP address but as dynamic.  In order to check this I run 
ipconfig.exe.

This morning I finally got around to uninstalling everything Norton (the 
subscription for NIS 2005 is about to expire) and installing McAfee (free from 
Comcast).  After doing that and rebooting the machine several times, I knew it 
was smart to check the IP address as it probably wasn't correct.  But when I try 
to run ipconfig it pops up momentarily and then disappears.  Anyone have any 
suggestions?  OS is W2K (another reason for switching to McAfee - new versions 
of NIS won't run).

Robert Downs - Houston
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