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> My computer was working just fine until there was a split second power
> outage in my area.  Everything shut off, but then all came back in a
> matter of a second.
>
> After that, I powered up my computer and I'm not able to get online at
> all since.  When I perform ipconfig with or without any flags, I get
> this message:
> Windows IP Configuration
> An internal error occurred: The request is not supported.
> Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services for further help.
> Additonal information: Unable to query host name.
>
> In my Start->Settings->Control Panel->Network Connections, I don't see
> the network icon which was associated with the properly functioning
> network before all this happened.
>
> I searched and searched and tried a few things already.  I performed a
> console recovery following the instructions put forth here,
> http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?showtopic=9743&pid=162308&mode=threaded&start=#entry162308
>
> But didn't work for me, even though the OP had the exact same error
> message with his ipconfig.
>
> I also reset the WINSOCK entries to installation defaults using "netsh
> winsock reset catalog" and also reset TCP/IP stack to installation
> defaults with "netsh int ip reset reset.log" but to no avail.
>
> When I look in Device Manager, my onboard NIC has the yellow
> exclamation mark beside and I've uninstalled it and rebooted and cold
> booted and reinstalled the drivers for it, but I still have the
> exclamation mark.
>
> I'm really at a loss here with this problem and was wondering if
> anyone's ever experienced something like this and am looking for some
> input, suggestions or insight into this matter.  Thanks for your time
> and courtesy.
>
> My mobo's an Asus P5B-VM with a Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit
> Ethernet onboard NIC.
>
> Oh, another thing, I use an app which monitors my bitusage called
> DUMeter and when it starts, it gives this error message:
> ********** PROBING DATA COLLECTION METHOD [0] **********
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\IpHlpApi.dll version:
>    Description: IP Helper API
>    File version: 5.1.2600.2912 (xpsp.060519-0015)
>    Product version: 5.1.2600.2912
> IpHlpStatInit: Interface table size is zero.
>
> ********** PROBING DATA COLLECTION METHOD [1] **********
> SnmpStatInit: Not supported on Windows 2000+.
> ERROR: No compatible network interfaces were found.

>Hi
>This yellow means that the card and its drivers are Not really Installed.
>Maybe this can Help, http://www.ezlan.net/debug.html
>If it does not help try a PCI card. The Onboard cards are "sensitive" and
>tend to go "South" much more than the stand alone cards.
>Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
>
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>> My computer was working just fine until there was a split second power
>> outage in my area.  Everything shut off, but then all came back in a
>> matter of a second.
>>
>> After that, I powered up my computer and I'm not able to get online at
>> all since.  When I perform ipconfig with or without any flags, I get
>> this message:
>> Windows IP Configuration
>> An internal error occurred: The request is not supported.
>> Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services for further help.
>> Additonal information: Unable to query host name.
>>
>> In my Start->Settings->Control Panel->Network Connections, I don't see
>> the network icon which was associated with the properly functioning
>> network before all this happened.
>>
>> I searched and searched and tried a few things already.  I performed a
>> console recovery following the instructions put forth here,
>> http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?showtopic=9743&pid=162308&mode=threaded&start=#entry162308
>>
>> But didn't work for me, even though the OP had the exact same error
>> message with his ipconfig.
>>
>> I also reset the WINSOCK entries to installation defaults using "netsh
>> winsock reset catalog" and also reset TCP/IP stack to installation
>> defaults with "netsh int ip reset reset.log" but to no avail.
>>
>> When I look in Device Manager, my onboard NIC has the yellow
>> exclamation mark beside and I've uninstalled it and rebooted and cold
>> booted and reinstalled the drivers for it, but I still have the
>> exclamation mark.
>>
>> I'm really at a loss here with this problem and was wondering if
>> anyone's ever experienced something like this and am looking for some
>> input, suggestions or insight into this matter.  Thanks for your time
>> and courtesy.
>>
>> My mobo's an Asus P5B-VM with a Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit
>> Ethernet onboard NIC.
>>
>> Oh, another thing, I use an app which monitors my bitusage called
>> DUMeter and when it starts, it gives this error message:
>> ********** PROBING DATA COLLECTION METHOD [0] **********
>> C:\WINDOWS\system32\IpHlpApi.dll version:
>>    Description: IP Helper API
>>    File version: 5.1.2600.2912 (xpsp.060519-0015)
>>    Product version: 5.1.2600.2912
>> IpHlpStatInit: Interface table size is zero.
>>
>> ********** PROBING DATA COLLECTION METHOD [1] **********
>> SnmpStatInit: Not supported on Windows 2000+.
>> ERROR: No compatible network interfaces were found.