I have a windows XP professional installation. Suddenly this
afternoon, this error always appears when trying to access web pages,
SMTP, POP3, in fact when trying to open a socket.

Ping works fine. I have found several other posts on google regarding
this but no definative answers.

The ONLY change I have made to the system is install NETBEUI.
Networking broke about 1 hour after this. I have removed it again,
but it is still broken.


I have tried -
Disabling the DNS client
run winmsd & looked at the names. Everything had either MSAFD or
RSVP.
run LSPfix - it found a few errors, but still nothing works.
Searching MS knowledge base - no mention is made of the error.


Clues - I cannot ping by name, only by number, and the name is a
garbage text string. So I am inclined to belive there is something
wrong with DNS, but maybe this is a symtom.
Samba works.

System restore is turned off, so no luck there (virus removal
precaution)

I am at the "lets wipe and restore stage".

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Mark Stubbs

hi,
you can try this
1. boot into safe mode,delete these keys from registry
and restart computer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winso
ck
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winso
ck2

2. reinstall TCP/IP over the top (following are the
correct steps to do it)
a. control panel->network connections->right click
on "LAN or high speed internet connection" and open
properties
b. click install -> choose "protocol" and click add -
>then click "Have Disk" -> in the "copy manufacturer's
files from" box type "c:\windows\inf" and then click "ok"
on the rest of the boxes and close them all.
c. restart the computer

3. check your internet connection, it should work fine.

>-----Original Message-----
>I have a windows XP professional installation. Suddenly
this
>afternoon, this error always appears when trying to
access web pages,
>SMTP, POP3, in fact when trying to open a socket.
>
>Ping works fine. I have found several other posts on
google regarding
>this but no definative answers.
>
>The ONLY change I have made to the system is install
NETBEUI.
>Networking broke about 1 hour after this. I have
removed it again,
>but it is still broken.
>
>
>I have tried -
> Disabling the DNS client
> run winmsd & looked at the names. Everything had
either MSAFD or
>RSVP.
> run LSPfix - it found a few errors, but still nothing
works.
> Searching MS knowledge base - no mention is made of
the error.
>
>
>Clues - I cannot ping by name, only by number, and the
name is a
>garbage text string. So I am inclined to belive there
is something
>wrong with DNS, but maybe this is a symtom.
> Samba works.
>
>System restore is turned off, so no luck there (virus
removal
>precaution)
>
>I am at the "lets wipe and restore stage".
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mark Stubbs
>.
>

Backup the winsock keys before you delete them. I've never had any luck
with this technique.

--

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


"Sandeep Singh" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:008b01c35079$aad18ab0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> hi,
> you can try this
> 1. boot into safe mode,delete these keys from registry
> and restart computer
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winso
> ck
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winso
> ck2
>
> 2. reinstall TCP/IP over the top (following are the
> correct steps to do it)
> a. control panel->network connections->right click
> on "LAN or high speed internet connection" and open
> properties
> b. click install -> choose "protocol" and click add -
> >then click "Have Disk" -> in the "copy manufacturer's
> files from" box type "c:\windows\inf" and then click "ok"
> on the rest of the boxes and close them all.
> c. restart the computer
>
> 3. check your internet connection, it should work fine.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I have a windows XP professional installation. Suddenly
> this
> >afternoon, this error always appears when trying to
> access web pages,
> >SMTP, POP3, in fact when trying to open a socket.
> >
> >Ping works fine. I have found several other posts on
> google regarding
> >this but no definative answers.
> >
> >The ONLY change I have made to the system is install
> NETBEUI.
> >Networking broke about 1 hour after this. I have
> removed it again,
> >but it is still broken.
> >
> >
> >I have tried -
> > Disabling the DNS client
> > run winmsd & looked at the names. Everything had
> either MSAFD or
> >RSVP.
> > run LSPfix - it found a few errors, but still nothing
> works.
> > Searching MS knowledge base - no mention is made of
> the error.
> >
> >
> >Clues - I cannot ping by name, only by number, and the
> name is a
> >garbage text string. So I am inclined to belive there
> is something
> >wrong with DNS, but maybe this is a symtom.
> > Samba works.
> >
> >System restore is turned off, so no luck there (virus
> removal
> >precaution)
> >
> >I am at the "lets wipe and restore stage".
> >
> >Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Mark Stubbs
> >.
> >

"Ken Wickes [MSFT]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
> "Mark Stubbs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:3f1e3ae5$0$14551$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > "> hi,
> > > you can try this
> > > 1. boot into safe mode,delete these keys from registry
> > > and restart computer
> > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winso
> > > ck
> > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winso
> > > ck2
> > >
> > > 2. reinstall TCP/IP over the top (following are the
> > > correct steps to do it)
> > > a. control panel->network connections->right click
> > > on "LAN or high speed internet connection" and open
> > > properties
> > > b. click install -> choose "protocol" and click add -
> > > >then click "Have Disk" -> in the "copy manufacturer's
> > > files from" box type "c:\windows\inf" and then click "ok"
> > > on the rest of the boxes and close them all.
> > > c. restart the computer
> > >
> > > 3. check your internet connection, it should work fine.
> > >
> >
> > Thank you very much Sandeep - that worked like a treat. My connection
is
> > now up and running, and the company has email again.
> >
> > (I did back up the registry first.)
> >
> > And now to my next question:-
> >
> > Does anyone at Microsoft have an idea as to what causes this. I have
> > several XP PCs, and would hate to lose another one. Admittedly it was
the
> > most important one (mail server) that crashed, and all the others are
just
> > desktops, but even so, a Knowledge Base article would be nice. A
google
> > search produces lots of tantalising titbits, but no definative solution.
> >
> > Mark Stubbs
> >
> >
>
> We know what causes it. I can name any number of software programs that
> corrupt the Winsock catalog. The tougher part is how to prevent it.
>
> --
>
> Ken Wickes [MSFT]
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
>

Ah, Thanks.

Mark Stubbs