IPCONFIG is not recognized as an internal or external command...

[Buddy]

Try typing this in instead of just ipconfig.
goto start/run. type in cmd.
this will bring up a dos window.
at the dos prompt type in ipconfig /all
this should give you all of the ip information you could
possibly want.

>-----Original Message-----
>I just upgraded win98 to windows xp and my DSL stoped
>working. Well I called my isp and they told me to run
>command window and run ipconfig, well I got an error
>saying:
>
>IPCONFIG is not recognized as an internal or external
>command, operable program or batch file
>
>My ISP dignostic software tells me my IP is all zeros. I
>did some research on this and found it could be a
problem
>with my PATH command not pointing to the right
directory.
>But I'm not really sure how to fix that. Some help would
>be fantastic.
>.
>

[Dave]

I had a similar problem. There is probably a fault with the Path.
If you go to Start - Run - cmd and type "cd\" at the prompt, you
should get C:\> then type CD windows , and then CD system32.
Then try your ipconfig again.

I fixed mine by going to start - settings - control panel - system -
advanced- envronmental variables - select "path" under "system
variables" and click "edit". In the "variable value box" edit or
change it to read
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\Sy stem32\wbem

Mine had a lot of stuff after "wbem" which I deleted, which I'm not
sure how important it was, but I have not seen any problem so far.

There is some reference to this in this Microsoft article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;319114