Can't connect to internet with ADSL

[Harry]

I have a computer running win2000. I have been connected
to the internet before. About 48 days ago something
changed and I have not been able to connect since. When I
try an ipconfig /renew I get the following message: The
following error occured when renewing adatper Local Area
Connection: An operation was attempted on something that
is not a socket. When I do an ipconfig /release I get
the following message: All adapters bound to DHCP do not
have DHCP addresses. The addresses were automatically
configured and can not be released.
I am running Symantic AV and it was current to the day the
connection stopped working. I have tried uninstalling the
NIC and related drivers then reinstalling but to no
avail. Does anyone have any ideas how to salvage this
without a complete format/reinstall of OS?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

This error message may result from corrupt winsock or TCP/IP stack. Go here
for a walk through on how to fix it:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318584

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP