FIX: EnableDHCP registry setting missing when you change from Static to DHCP-enabled IP address in Windows Embedded Compact 2013

This article describes an issue that causes the EnableDHCP registry setting to disappear when you change from a Static to a DHCP-enabled IP address in Windows Embedded Compact 2013. An update is available to resolve this issue.

Before you install this update, all previously issued updates for this product must be installed.

When you change the DHCP setting on a device that's running Windows Embedded Compact 2013, you may experience the following symptoms:

• In DHCP configuration mode, the EnableDHCP value is missing in the registry for the Ethernet adapter interface.
• In Static configuration mode, if you switch from the Static IP to the DHCP-enabled setting in Network and Dial-up settings, the following registry key value is missing:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\adapter_namer\Parms\TcpIp\EnableDHCP

Download information

Windows Embedded Compact 2013 Monthly Update (July 2017) is now available from Microsoft. To download this Windows Embedded Compact 2013 monthly update, go to Microsoft OEM Online or MyOEM.

Prerequisites

This update is supported only if all previously issued updates for this product have also been installed.

Restart requirement

After you apply this update, you must perform a clean build of the whole platform. To do this, use one of the following methods:

• On the Build menu, click Clean Solution, and then click Build Solution.
• On the Build menu, click Rebuild Solution.

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this software update.

Update replacement

This update does not replace any other updates.

File information

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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