Comments on: Release and Renew IP Address in Windows 2000/XP/Vista

By: Zack

Zack — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:15:52 +0000

hey i’m working with the same (media disconnected) error, i use vista x64 i have learned so far the in order to release the ip for a specific adapter you must specify the adapter ex. ipconfig/release6 to find a list of your adapters, and to find the ones with media disconnected type ipconfig/all this will bring up all of your adapters, media connected or not. i have not yet fixed my problem but i hope this helps someone else.

By: jeff

jeff — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:38:52 +0000

Hi.
Tried all that and now get( no adapter is in the state for this operation) I think it’s Norton stopping it.
My windows xp took 2 minutes, Vista is now 3 hours and not done yet.

By: Salma

Salma — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:50:44 +0000

After performing the above steps, it says
Media State : Media Disconnected.

Please let me know the steps how to slove this

By: Raj

Raj — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:38:43 +0000

Till date, i have come up till this Thing..
You need to run in Admin mode to change IP….in VISTA…
write cmd in search bar.. right click the cmd, and click run as Admin….
type ipconfig/ renew…. Hope that works…
(It might say “Media in disconnected state”, if then,, try other site…..)…Never found a solution for that without removing IPv6…

By: Yuki

Yuki — Sun, 17 May 2009 21:23:17 +0000

hi, i ran it as admin and everything but when i command it to release/renew it says that “no operation can be performed while it’s media disconnected” :S help!!

By: Joel

Joel — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:42:36 +0000

Thanks man…got that same needs evaluation error. Didn’t even thing to run it in Admin mode!

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 04:26:16 +0000

Hey Dustin,
thanks for the tip, im running Vista 32 Enterprise on Bootcamp Macbook Pro and unforuntely your short cut keys don’t work. that sucks for me. but thanks for the tip! i shall endeviour to Run as Admin the old fashioned right click way

By: Dustin

Dustin — Sun, 11 May 2008 16:10:49 +0000

I just discovered that you may also do this:
1) click Start
2) type in that text area “cmd” (without the quotes)
3) press “Ctrl + Shift + Enter” (instead of just pressing “Enter”)
4) select “Continue” from the User Account Control dialog box that appears

It looks like Ctrl+Shift+Enter is a shortcut to “Run as Administrator”, which is quite nice to have!
This tip is only valid for running commands from the Search text box in Vista. This does not work from the “Run…” style of command, supposedly in any version of Windows (I can’t test that out and verify or deny this, however – it is merely an assumption of my own, obey or ignore or whatever at your own risk!)

By: Dustin

Dustin — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:56:23 +0000

If you need to elevate the command (if you are running Windows Vista), then what you need to do is this:
1) click Start
2) type in the text area in the lower left-hand section of the start menu (this should be where your cursor defaults to, so if you just start typing without moving your mouse, it should be okay) “cmd” (without the quotes, of course)
3) wait for “cmd.exe” to show up in the start menu area (under the heading “Programs”)
4) right-click (if your mouse is set up as the default setting, otherwise use the mouse button that is set up as the “secondary click (context menu / special drag)” button) on “cmd.exe” and select “Run as Administrator” from the context menu that pops-up
5) when the dialog box comes up (User Account Control) asking you for permission (to make sure you initiated the action), select “Continue” (because you did indeed initiate this action, and wish to continue this way)
6) you are now running the command prompt as an administrator, and can continue to release and renew your connection as is described above (in the current Command Prompt window).

Good luck!

By: JUSTIN BRA

JUSTIN BRA — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:23:36 +0000

I TRIED 2 RELEASE THE IP ADDRESS AND THIS IS WAT IT SAID
“THE REQUESTED OPERATION REQUIRES ELEVATION” WTF??