I'm getting an error warning "There is an IP address conflict with another system on the network" on my home PC. There's only my desk-top and my notebook on the network. My notebook is turned off so, no new software installed etc... Any ideas what the problem is?
Access your router interface and see what devices are attached. The URL to access the router will depend on the router. For the eircom shipped Netopia, the address is http://192.168.1.254 and http://192.168.1.1 for the UPC shipped Netgear. If you use the ipconfig command above the router address will be under default gateway.
My thoughts.... Although if someone was going to go to the trouble to setting a fixed IP address so they don't show up on the router's DHCP Server, why use a low numbered IP address which could conflict with other devices.