Hangs at startup and lost IP address with DHCP enabled

reboot your system so all the svchosts are running.
you need those, you know.

unplug your cablemodem for 2 mnutes.

plug it back in.

wait for the lights on it to show that its running
normally.

run a command window and type ipconfig/renew.

this should get you back on the internet.

good luck.



-----Original Message-----
Someone out there must have this problem. HELP! I
started
my laptop last night and it hung. I opened Task
Manager/processes and noticed that I had a Svchost.exe
Local Service process that was "eating" my memory. The
memory usuage just kept increasing. I ended the process
and the system continued on. Then I noticed that the
connection to my network (wireless router with cable
modem)
Icon was gone. As I navigated to the "Connect To" link
in
my start menu (to see what was wrong with my card) the
Icon
re-appeared and all looked fine but I was not able to
connect to the web or email. I then clicked the Icon to
see what the status was of the connection and the IP
address had changed to the Automatic Private Address of
169.254.195.38. My settings are still the same as before
and DHCP is still enabled. I have not changed or
installed
ANYTHING.
This is the third time this has happened and on three
different computers. The only way I have found to
correct
the problem is FORMAT and re-install.
.