Windows has detected an IP address conflict

Anonymous
2009-09-22T07:04:32+00:00

I just recently purchased my laptop so I am just learning. The message I got on the computer said, Another computer on this network has the same IP address as this computer. Contact your network administrator for help resolving this issue. More details are available in the Windows System event log. What does this mean and is this something important I need to fix. I would appreciate any help in this matter.

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Anonymous
2009-09-22T08:22:55+00:00

I see that message on my home network sometimes, and it's not critical.  If you have a home network, try powering off your router, waiting a few seconds, and powering it on.  If you're on a business network, consult with the network manager.

Steve Winograd, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience)

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-01-22T23:34:04+00:00

    If some other device has the same IP address can they steal info from the your computer

    Thanks

    Bean

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-10-28T00:47:03+00:00

    I am also receiving problems after the last update and my computer is taking forever to connect to the internet even though its a wired connection.

    Please fix this!

    Thanks for your time.

    Noah

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-08-24T05:56:51+00:00

    This message means more than one computer is using the same IP address, which is resulting in a conflict.

    In order to resolved this issue, u must make sure that each computer/ network device is assigned with an unique IP address.

    Trying releasing an renewing the ip address of ur computer if u are using a DHCP based ip assignment.  Issue the follwing commands from DOS:

    ipconfig/release

    ipconfig/renew

    Regards,

    Krish

    I have same issue, but this thing which you explain not help.

    I was take advice of one guy from one game to speed up Internet and try to fix this problem and this show much better solution then this above. Just one name for this is TCP Optimizer but still have problem, maybe Microsoft need to find solution for this.

    My modem is ZTE MF667 USB 3G Dongle, i think i wrote about this here on MS forum.. but whatever, i just answer on this what you wrote.

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