Ipconfig fails in XP

[vmikhelson]

Originally Posted by TheWickerMan

What anti-virus are you running? I've seen some of the anti-virus/firewall combos cause havoc with network connections.

Both "affected" and "healthy" machines use Avira AntiVir Personal from day one.

Both used to use ZoneAlarm Pro. ZA is still being used on the "healthy" one, it was uninstalled from the "affected" machine in the course of troubleshooting the "empty ipconfig" problem. Now it uses Windows Firewall.