Fixing the Winsock Windows 98 and ME
Written by The Geekette on August 21, 2005 – 1:48 pmPosted in 9x, Applications, ME, Registry, Spyware and Adware, Tips, Windows, Winsock |
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A) Use Regedit.exe to navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServicesWinsock.
B) Export the Winsock key to a Winsock.reg file, to save it.
C) Delete the Winsock key.
D) Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServicesWinsock2.
E) Export the Winsock2 key to a Winsock2.reg file, to save it.
F) Delete the Winsock2 key.
G) Exit Regedit.exe.
H) Control Panel / Network and Dial-up Connections.
I) Right-click Local Area Connection and press Properties.
J) Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and press Uninstall.
K) After uninstalling TCP/IP, shutdown and restart your computer.
L) If TCP/IP is NOT automatically re-installed, use Control Panel / Network and Dial-up Connections.
M) Right-click Local Area Connection and press Properties.
N) Press Install.
O) Press Protocol / Add.
P) Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) under Network Protocol, possibly under Microsoft, and press OK.
Q) After the TCP/IP install, power off and power on your external modem, or shutdown and restart your computer.
*If it asks for widows files, try to use ones off of a CD even if you have *.CAB files on the computer. This can ensure you are using uncorrupted files to reinstall from.
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