upgraded from Vista Home to Vista Business and now NIC gets 169 ad

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Quentin

so I have a PC that was Vista Home, and I want to add it to a 2003 domain. I
purchased Vista Business upgrade, installed with almost no problem. My first
inclination that something was wrong had to do with Activation, and it
reported that I had no Internet connection. After looking at the IP address,
it displayed as 169.XXX.XXX.XXX and I knew I was not connected any longer to
the network.
I have tried reinstallation of the onboard NIC, trying a PCI NIC (disabling
the onboard), modifying the DHCP Broadcast flag in the registry, couple of
the Windows Updates (KB929777 and KB933872), all to no avail.
My first thought was that the onboard NIC was the problem but after
experiencing the same problem with a different NIC, I am left to assume that
something in the OS has changed a setting from Home to Business. Any insight
would be helpful, as I am stumped.

Quentin
 
The simple solution is to give your PC a static IP address. Thiswill
show us that there isn't a driver issue with your computer.

Was this an Anytime Upgrade or how did you upgrade to Business?
 
Setting the IP to static did not help. The issue was two-fold: 1.) When asked
which upgrade option to use, DO NOT select Upgrade. Rather, use the Full
Install. For some reason, the flags to change the OS to a domain capable
machine just do not get set correctly.
2.) The onboard NIC from Intel is just a piece of crap. I put in an older
SMC card, did a Full Install, and it worked like a charm.
It also helps to have any AV software removed prior to installation/upgrade.
Norton is the worst offender, as it likes to keep its tags in your system
long after removal.

Quentin
 
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