Network Connection Window empty / netsh errors out

This is a first for me. I'm trying to change the IP address of a server.
When I go into Network Connections window there's nothing there. I also
tried to see if I could change it with netsh, however, it comes back and
says errors were encountered trying to access the network configuration.

The server is running fine. I can query the config by doing an IPCONFIG.
Everything looks good. Somethign is obviously corrupted but not sure how to
fix it.

Suggestions?

This post may help,

Local Area Connection doesn't show ...I think you can hind the connection from the regedit. Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www. ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...2e094b6f51a8e5


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Spicy Mikey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:7520386C-F3FE-42F0-B02B-(E-Mail Removed)...
This is a first for me. I'm trying to change the IP address of a server.
When I go into Network Connections window there's nothing there. I also
tried to see if I could change it with netsh, however, it comes back and
says errors were encountered trying to access the network configuration.

The server is running fine. I can query the config by doing an IPCONFIG.
Everything looks good. Somethign is obviously corrupted but not sure how to
fix it.

Suggestions?

Thanks. I tried everything. I searched the web and found about a dozen
different causes and solutions to this type of problem. None seemed to work
for me. In the end, one solution I read was to simply go to Device Manager,
delete the NIC from the hardware list, and then reboot. It worked.
Obviously a registry corruption somewhere. Removing the hardware from the
system and rebooting allowed Windows to rediscover the hardware and install
it again. I had to configure all the networking again, but that was no big
deal.

I should have posted the solution here the other day but I forgot. Thanks.

--
Maz


"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> This post may help,
>
> Local Area Connection doesn't show ...I think you can hind the connection from the regedit. Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www. ...
> http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...2e094b6f51a8e5
>
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "Spicy Mikey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:7520386C-F3FE-42F0-B02B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> This is a first for me. I'm trying to change the IP address of a server.
> When I go into Network Connections window there's nothing there. I also
> tried to see if I could change it with netsh, however, it comes back and
> says errors were encountered trying to access the network configuration.
>
> The server is running fine. I can query the config by doing an IPCONFIG.
> Everything looks good. Somethign is obviously corrupted but not sure how to
> fix it.
>
> Suggestions?