Operation Was Attempted on Something That Is Not a Socket

[Guest]

I am using Windows XP and everytime I try to obtain an IP, I get this message:
"Operation Was Attempted on Something That Is Not a Socket"

According to Microsoft, this will take care of it for Windows 2000.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=318584

The problem with the resolution on that page is step 9. It is not possible
to uninstall this in Windows XP.

I did some further research and found that this command might work"
netsh int ip reset <filename>

This created the winsock2 registry key but not the winsock.

My question is, can I just export working versions of these keys from a
working computer and import them in? I don't know what else I can do to
alleviate this problem.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Eric Renken]

If you type in a static IP does your computer work on your network?

Here is another article I have found:
http://www.petri.co.il/reinstall_tcp_ip_on_windows_xp.htm

Hope this helps.

 

[rick.cantrell]

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=299357