IP Address renewal problem

Hi,

I installed XP Home and everything works fine and all, but i get bored of
the actual XP GUI after a while like everyone else and i go to download a
Transformation pack, i install it in safe mode and everything works ok, until
a couple of days - a month, XP cannot renew my IP address.

I have tried reverting the XP back to normal via uninstalling the pack and
it still cannot renew the IP, i am forced to reinstall XP and start all over,
which i dont want to do again.

Is there a way to manually renew the IP address and so Firefox can actually
access the web?

Also, it isnt a router problem or my wireless adapter as i tried them on my
dads pc. Im using the Orange Livebox with a D-Link Wireless USB adapter.

thanks for your time,

Rich
--
- skin our way through XP -

Richard Edmonds,

Sleaford,
Lincolnshire,
England

Hi
This pages describe the process to evaluate the System and a way to Fix it.
http://www.ezlan.net/wireless
http://www.ezlan.net/debug.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"Rich" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:242D0C75-B5B4-4A37-A650-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I installed XP Home and everything works fine and all, but i get bored of
> the actual XP GUI after a while like everyone else and i go to download a
> Transformation pack, i install it in safe mode and everything works ok,
> until
> a couple of days - a month, XP cannot renew my IP address.
>
> I have tried reverting the XP back to normal via uninstalling the pack and
> it still cannot renew the IP, i am forced to reinstall XP and start all
> over,
> which i dont want to do again.
>
> Is there a way to manually renew the IP address and so Firefox can
> actually
> access the web?
>
> Also, it isnt a router problem or my wireless adapter as i tried them on
> my
> dads pc. Im using the Orange Livebox with a D-Link Wireless USB adapter.
>
> thanks for your time,
>
> Rich
> --
> - skin our way through XP -
>
> Richard Edmonds,
>
> Sleaford,
> Lincolnshire,
> England

not sure if you can do that, your ISP has issued you dynamic or static, if
its static then you cannot renew the ip and you will get the same old IP
address, however if u are on dynamic you should be able to by just switching
your router off and then restart it ...

"Rich" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:242D0C75-B5B4-4A37-A650-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I installed XP Home and everything works fine and all, but i get bored of
> the actual XP GUI after a while like everyone else and i go to download a
> Transformation pack, i install it in safe mode and everything works ok,
> until
> a couple of days - a month, XP cannot renew my IP address.
>
> I have tried reverting the XP back to normal via uninstalling the pack and
> it still cannot renew the IP, i am forced to reinstall XP and start all
> over,
> which i dont want to do again.
>
> Is there a way to manually renew the IP address and so Firefox can
> actually
> access the web?
>
> Also, it isnt a router problem or my wireless adapter as i tried them on
> my
> dads pc. Im using the Orange Livebox with a D-Link Wireless USB adapter.
>
> thanks for your time,
>
> Rich
> --
> - skin our way through XP -
>
> Richard Edmonds,
>
> Sleaford,
> Lincolnshire,
> England