"local area connection" doesn't have a valid ip configuration?

Yesterday and today, my computer randomly disconnected to the internet and when I tried to troubleshoot the problem, it fixed the internet connection and told me that:

"local area connection" doesn't have a valid ip configuration

What does this mean, why is this happening. I know it's not a big deal. but it stats to get really annoying >.>. Is someone trying to hack into my computer ?!?!!?(sorry, I can be a little paranoid).

Hey, thanks for replying!

Yes, I do have a router, but this issue only happens occasionally and it can be really frustrating if I am doing something such as, let's say, playing an online game. The game would be frozen until I clicked "troubleshoot problem" on the network menu, and then I would have to refresh the entire page and wait for the game to load before continuing, not to mention that sometimes you lose progress and have to start again.

I know it sounds like a minor problem, but it can become a headache and I don't know why it's happening, I check out that link and my IP and everything seems to be fine.

Maybe I really am getting hacked

In all seriousness, do you think that this COULD potentially be a hack attack? Is this the sign of someone trying to break into the network?

Sorry for being so paranoid, I just don't feel save knowing that my personal data could be at risk (even though there's probably nothing to sorry about, it would help me sleep easier at night if I knew that I wasn't being hacked)!

I did what you said and so far the problem hasn't appeared again , but then again it hasn't been that long since I changed the settings, so we'll have to wait a while to see.

As for the anti-virus, I have Norton Security Suite, and I did a scan last night, it didn't come up with anything, so that's good I guess.

I'll keep you informed if the problem arises again, but hopefully it's fixed now lol, thanks again for the help!