On 1/14/2010 11:19 AM, Holger Rauch wrote: >> [...] >> The EnableStatic method of the Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration WMI >> class is failing with error 96 "Unable to notify DNS service". My best >> guess is that your machine is configured for dynamic DNS updates. I >> haven't seen this behavior in the past. > > No, it isn't. The machine is a "regular" Windows client machine and has a > fixed > IP address and is also already registered with a DNS entry. > > Any other network operation works without any problems. > > Would the output of "ipconfig /all" be any helpful for solving this > problem?
I do not believe it would be helpful.
You can manually install the Microsoft Loopback Adapter with "Add
Hardware Control Panel" and configure it to match:
Ethernet adapter AFS:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Loopback Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-4C-4F-4F-50
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.254.254.253
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.252
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
[x] Client for Microsoft Networks
[ ] File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
[x] Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
[ ] Register this connection's addresses in DNS
[x] Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP
[x] Enable LMHOSTS lookup
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