title: Recovering from ipconfig /release on a remote PC
body: <p>Not <em>strictly</em> a programming question, but I was programming at the time and couldn't find an answer, so I thought, "Hey, I'll give StackOverflow a try!"</p>
  
  <p>So I'm connected to my Windows XP work PC over a Remote Desktop connection through VPN.  In a command window (on the remote PC), I foolishly type <code>ipconfig /release</code>.  A split second before I come to my senses, I hit Enter.  D'oh!</p>
  
  <p>So what now? Am I hosed until I get to the office Monday morning? Any way to remotely make my office PC get itself a new IP address?</p>