Windows XP DHCP does not work

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I've been seeing a problem lately on many systems in our repair shop
where DHCP does not work on Windows XP computers. This happends on
wired and wireless connections. It seems like it may be related to
PPOE clients that are installed by internet services like AT&T.

I can usually solve these issues by re-installing windows or using a
static IP address. Could there be another solution to these problems?
Is there a way of re-setting the networking to windows defaults?
 
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I've been seeing a problem lately on many systems in our repair shop
where DHCP does not work on Windows XP computers. This happends on
wired and wireless connections. It seems like it may be related to
PPOE clients that are installed by internet services like AT&T.

I can usually solve these issues by re-installing windows or using a
static IP address. Could there be another solution to these problems?
Is there a way of re-setting the networking to windows defaults?
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Is the DHCP Client Service running?

Start->Run->services.msc
Find "DHCP Client".
Make sure Status is "Started" and Startup Type is "Automatic".

-- John
 
Basically I just get a 169.xxx IP address from the DHCP server. The
DHCP service is running.

I had a system with these symptoms last week, and I was able to solve
the issue by removing the "winsock" and "winsock2" entries in the
registry, and then removing and re-installing TCP/IP on the network
adapters.
 
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