IE and Winsock

[Jeff]

In Win98 and WinME a corrupt Winsock key prevents routing
on the internet and the fix is well documented.
My questions are:
Does the same thing occur in WinXP? I've been told that
because XP uses RAS, the Winsock key isn't an issue but
I'm not sure I believe that.
If a corrupt XP Winsock key is the problem, is there a fix
short of doing a system restore?

 

[JR]

Hi Jeff,
It does happen in Windows Xp, I have had the experience
recently...
This website has helped me a lot to recover from the
problem:
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm

 

[H Leboeuf]

What is your problem?

If this is applicable try the /release switch.

The Syntax and Options for Using the Ipconfig Diagnostic Utility for Network
Connections
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314850 (XP 8/6/2002)

 

[Jeff]

Problem is the infamous "page can't be displayed" message
using site names or IP addresses. Trying to ftp any site
gives a socket error. Pings and traceroutes sometimes work
depending on how corrupt the networking components are.
Fix for Win98 is article Q246727 but that doesn't work in
XP.