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I am trying to change the DNS server IP on my Windows 7 and I see this weird error.

The network address entered is invalid

It comes up for all types of IP addresses. Any idea why Windows thinks it is an invalid IP address for a DNS server.

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Oops. That was a silly error. If you notice(window top), I was trying to edit the IPv6 network address by mistake. I was able to add that address in IPv4 window.

What happened to Microsoft's super friendly error messages?, something like

you dumbo, you entered a IPv4 address for IPv6. IPv6 addresses look complex, for example,

2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334

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Yay free points for you -- some other dumbo might stumble on this :) PS Microsoft was never backward compatible... heheheh.. – ppumkin Jan 20 at 8:14
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