Windows: How to check previous IP address details

Operating system

Windows 2008 Server/ Windows 7

Scenario

After replacing the motherboard, need to assign old IP configurations But unfortunately, customer is not aware of previous IP address details.

Solution

In this case, using registry we can find out previous IP address details. Windows Registry path should be specified below:

Open the registry editor and locate the interfaces path.

Current and previous IP address details will list under:

“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Prameters\Interfaces”


There is a chance of multiple interfaces when we installed VMware or any other related application