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e Click Renew to refresh the IP address. The refreshed 
address may or may not be the same as the original IP 
address.
To release and renew the IP address for the 
Windows 2000 operating system:
a Click Windows Start and select Programs, then 
Accessories. 
b Click Command Prompt.
c At the command prompt (C:\), 
type 
ipconfig /release 
and press the Enter key 
(notice that there is a space between ipconfig and 
/release).
d After the system releases the IP address, at the 
command prompt type 
ipconfig /renew
 and press the 
Enter key (notice that there is a space between ipconfig 
and /renew).