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For IP configuration in Windows 7:
Open your start menu, type "CMD" in the search bar. When the prompt opens up, type "ipconfig /all" and sort through the entries until you find one containing "IPv4 Address" and "DNS Servers" on different lines. Remember that the first DNS Server entry is the primary, and write them down as such. This is mostly the same as in XP, but you only need to write down the IP address, gateway, and DNS servers for Win7.
Note: If your start menu search bar is enabled, you can type "Network Connections" into it and press enter to skip this entire paragraph!
Alternatively, if the command prompt scares you with its monospaced fonts and lack of a File menu, there's another way. On the far right end of the taskbar, next to the clock, there should be an icon that either shows a picture of a monitor, or a series of signal bars. Right click it, then click "Open Network and Sharing Center." A window should appear shortly containing a diagram of internet flowing from the web to your router, and finally to your computer. This window is completely useless, but click "Change adapter settings" on the far left. This should take you to your list of network connections.
Select whichever you use to connect to the internet, disabling them one at a time if you don't know which you use. Right click your connection, click "Properties." A UAC confirmation may appear, accept it and find "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)" in the list that appears. Click to select it, then click "Properties." The configuration window that appears is exactly the same as the one in XP, but clicking the "Advanced..." button will bring up an interface that should give you the IP address, DNS servers, gateway address, and subnet mask of your computer.
From this point on, the rest is exactly the same as configuration in XP.
[Edited on 08.13.2010 5:59 AM PDT]