Yes, it was set to Obtain IP Address automatically when I looked at it.

Speaking of which, after all my best attempts failed I even tried to plug in the manual/static settings by using the info from ipconfig /all on my computer. I could see that it was about to work because the little network icon was flashing (and had not before and it also told my I was "now connected") but right at the end it kept saying unable to clear the arp cache when I hit repair (had to hit repair cause I still couldn't connect to google at that point).