Release and Renew IP Address in Windows 2000/XP/Vista

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

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!

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!)