Operation on something that is not a socket

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Eric Frankel

I have had a working five computer Home LAN for about
two years.

One computer running Windows XP PRO stopped being able to
access the internet or other networked machines via the
network on September 8th. The other computer with XP
still has access and the three with W98SE also are working.

I have been trying to use (and learn) ipconfig /renew and
netsh inter ip reset a:resetlog.txt and end up with an
error message called WSAENOTSOCK.

I have uninstalled WINSOCK and WINSOCK and followed
directions on reinstalling but when I do so only WINSOCK2
shows up in the Registry.

I have uninstalled All McAfee Programs and also
uninstalled ActiveSync to no avail. Restore doesn't help
either.

Please help if you can. TIA.

Eric H. Frankel
 
I have traced several of these problems to improperly configured winsock
LSPs. Run "winmsd" and go to Components/Network/Protocol. Look at the
names in the list, anything with "MSAFD" in it or the "RSVP xxx Service
Provider" should be fine. Anything else is suspect, and uninstalling the
owning program might help.

If that fails or your provider list is empty, you may need to rebuild the
catalog from scratch. The following instructions will rebuild your catalog
for TCP/IP. If you are using any other transports (If you don't know, then
you probably aren't) then you will have to reinstall them as well.


1. Backup and delete the following registry keys

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2

2. Reboot

3. Go to the network connections folder, right click the icon for your
network connection, and select properties.

4. Click install, choose "protocol", and click "add..."

5. Click "Have Disk...", enter "\windows\inf", click OK

6. Select "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), click OK

7. When the process in complete, reboot
 
Dear Ken,

I just wanted to let you and anyone else with this problem
know that your instructions have worked. I am now able to
access the Internet and my other machines.

I was contemplating a backup to CD-R for my data files and
then reformatting my hard drive and reinstalling Windows
XP when your expertise allowed me to restore functionality
without the hassle.

Thank you for your help.

Sincerely,
Eric H. Frankel
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I have traced several of these problems to improperly configured winsock
LSPs. Run "winmsd" and go to
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Components/Network/Protocol. Look at the
names in the list, anything with "MSAFD" in it or the "RSVP xxx Service
Provider" should be fine. Anything else is suspect, and uninstalling the
owning program might help.

If that fails or your provider list is empty, you may need to rebuild the
catalog from scratch. The following instructions will rebuild your catalog
for TCP/IP. If you are using any other transports (If you don't know, then
you probably aren't) then you will have to reinstall them as well.


1. Backup and delete the following registry keys

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winso ck
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winso
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ck2

2. Reboot

3. Go to the network connections folder, right click the icon for your
network connection, and select properties.

4. Click install, choose "protocol", and click "add..."

5. Click "Have Disk...", enter "\windows\inf", click OK

6. Select "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), click OK

7. When the process in complete, reboot



--

Ken Wickes [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


Eric Frankel said:
I have had a working five computer Home LAN for about
two years.

One computer running Windows XP PRO stopped being able to
access the internet or other networked machines via the
network on September 8th. The other computer with XP
still has access and the three with W98SE also are working.

I have been trying to use (and learn) ipconfig /renew and
netsh inter ip reset a:resetlog.txt and end up with an
error message called WSAENOTSOCK.

I have uninstalled WINSOCK and WINSOCK and followed
directions on reinstalling but when I do so only WINSOCK2
shows up in the Registry.

I have uninstalled All McAfee Programs and also
uninstalled ActiveSync to no avail. Restore doesn't help
either.

Please help if you can. TIA.

Eric H. Frankel
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