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More info?)
Or sinply under My Network Places - Properties, select
broken connection - right click - Repair. And dont listen
to a linksys ts or you will go bold
>-----Original Message-----
>On Windows XP the download is unnecessary. On an XP SP2
machine, simply go
>to Start/Run and type in "netsh winsock reset" without
the quotes, then
>click the OK button. On XP prior to SP2 use "netsh int
ip reset [logfile
>name]" again without the quotes. Either can be also run
from the Command
>Prompt.
>--
>Chris H.
>Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>Associate Expert
>Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>
>"Jim Cofer" <lvbfan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:u1xDJ39DFHA.3780@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Assuming that Chris H.'s advice is not the problem,
try downloading this
>> app:
>>
>>
http://www.tacktech.com/pub/winsockfix/WinsockFix.zip
>>
>> It will do the following:
>>
>> 1.) Detect your current Operating System
>> 2.) Release the IP address, taking you "Offline"
>> 3.) Reset the TCP stack using Netsh.exe (Windows XP
only)
>> 4.) Delete the current Registry TCP and Winsock Values
>> 5.) Import new "Working" Registry Values
>> 6.) Backup any Current "Hosts" file
>> 7.) Replace the "Hosts" file with a default one
>> 8.) Reboot the Computer
>>
>> This error usually occurs because of spyware.
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Chris H." <winxpnews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:OfZYfz8DFHA.1040@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> Perhaps it is because you left out a space. The
command should be
>>> ipconfig /renew, AFTER you've used ipconfig /release.
>>> --
>>> Chris H.
>>> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>>> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>>> Associate Expert
>>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>>
>>>
>>> "CaseyB12088" <CaseyB12088@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
>>> news:1828C15E-C612-4A8E-854E-
627843EBDF21@microsoft.com...
>>>> in cmd i typed ipconfig/renew and this message came
up : An error
>>>> occurred
>>>> while renewing Interface Local Area Connection: An
operation was
>>>> attempted on
>>>> something that is not a socket.
>>>>
>>>> A guy from linksys told me it was somehting wrong
with xp? socket
>>>> problem?
>>>
>>>
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