ipconfig cannot be run in dos mode

[Tripredacus]

after installing my nic drivers in shiva, i can't run ipconfig or ping from command. i get the message "cannot run in dos mode." these can be run from the run box, but that doesn't do me any good. i was able to verify the ip from the router's dhcp table and was able to connect to it from a windows 7 pc using unc, so the underlying networking is working. any ideas about this error?

ps, i'm using on-screen keyboard on another pc and i'm too lazy to use shift... i could use caps lock if that would be preferrable

[jaclaz]

I'll use it for you :

WHAT (the HECK) is shiva?

jaclaz

[Tripredacus]

Ooops. I get used to referring to my computers by their names... Shiva is my Win98FE computer.

[dencorso]

ipconfig.exe is a PE executable (Win32), so it won't run in true DOS. The last version I remember that was a common DOS executable was the one that came with mstcpip, as part of Win4Wkgp311, if I'm not mistaken (which could well be the case, for that was really long ago).

[Tripredacus]

ipconfig.exe is a PE executable (Win32), so it won't run in true DOS. The last version I remember that was a common DOS executable was the one that came with mstcpip, as part of Win4Wkgp311, if I'm not mistaken (which could well be the case, for that was really long ago).

I understand that idea, but I hadn't restarted into DOS mode or anything, just opened "command" from the run box.

[jaclaz]

Wait a minute, from what I remember in 9x there is winipcfg:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/141698/en-us

and there is NO IPCONFIG in 9x:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/183858/en-us

jaclaz

[dencorso]

True, there's winipcfg, too. But there also is ipconfig in 98FE/98SE/ME. For 98FE it's findable in NET8.CAB.

@Tripredacus: Now, something is really amiss there, because ipconfig ought to run all right, from inside a DOS box....

But, when in doubt, do reboot and try again.

[Joseph_sw]

perhaps this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/134489 ?

[Tripredacus]

I'll check it out again this weekend. I totally forgot about winipcfg!

[dencorso]

Well, there even is a version of it for the NT-Family, still available: wntipcfg!