Auto Release Of IP Address?

Running Windows 2003 Server on an IBM T42 ThinkPad laptop.

I use this PC at the office during the day, and at home at night. When I
change locations and boot, I get an error in the Event Manager "The IP
address lease ... for the Network Card with network address ... has been
denied by the DHCP server ... (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message)."

Eventually, the machine will get a new IP address, but the error is
annoying. There was an old registry hack for Windows 98 that forced the OS
to release the IP address when you shutdown. I've been looking for a way to
do this in 2k3, but can't seem to find it.

Does anyone know of a way in 2k3 Server to release the IP address at shutdown?

Thanks

In news:ABD780F2-EF3F-48A1-911A-(E-Mail Removed),
John Schneider <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> Running Windows 2003 Server on an IBM T42 ThinkPad laptop.
>
> I use this PC at the office during the day, and at home at night.
> When I change locations and boot, I get an error in the Event Manager
> "The IP address lease ... for the Network Card with network address
> ... has been denied by the DHCP server ... (The DHCP Server sent a
> DHCPNACK message)."
>
> Eventually, the machine will get a new IP address, but the error is
> annoying. There was an old registry hack for Windows 98 that forced
> the OS to release the IP address when you shutdown. I've been
> looking for a way to do this in 2k3, but can't seem to find it.
>
> Does anyone know of a way in 2k3 Server to release the IP address at
> shutdown?
>
> Thanks

One cheap & cheerful method would be to use a shutdown script - a simple
batch file that has

ipconfig /release

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

>
>
> In news:ABD780F2-EF3F-48A1-911A-(E-Mail Removed),
> John Schneider <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> > Running Windows 2003 Server on an IBM T42 ThinkPad laptop.
> >
> > I use this PC at the office during the day, and at home at night.
> > When I change locations and boot, I get an error in the Event Manager
> > "The IP address lease ... for the Network Card with network address
> > ... has been denied by the DHCP server ... (The DHCP Server sent a
> > DHCPNACK message)."
> >
> > Eventually, the machine will get a new IP address, but the error is
> > annoying. There was an old registry hack for Windows 98 that forced
> > the OS to release the IP address when you shutdown. I've been
> > looking for a way to do this in 2k3, but can't seem to find it.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a way in 2k3 Server to release the IP address at
> > shutdown?
> >
> > Thanks
>
> One cheap & cheerful method would be to use a shutdown script - a simple
> batch file that has
>
> ipconfig /release
>
>
>

Good idea. Please refresh my memory - where do you setup the scripts in 2k3?