System Restore - What Am I Doing Wrong?

[Mike]

Hi, my friend cannot connect to his Verizon DSL account using his XP Pro PC.
The acct is active because I took my notebook over there and connected to
the web using his DSL connection. I disabled the firewall, close virus
protection software, reenabled NIC. I believe the winsock is corrupt or
highly unlikely the NIC is bad.
Then decided to restore the system to a point where he had a DSL
connection. I followed the System Restore Wizard and chose a Restore Point.
The Restore Wizard ran then reported I had to run another restore point. I
ran the Wizard several times using different restore points but it would not
restore the systrem.
What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Mike

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Mike,

You're likely doing nothing wrong. It simply indicates that System Restore
is corrupt. The down side is that fixing it requires stopping and restarting
the service, resulting in the loss of all existing restore points. As to the
problem, see:

How to reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=299357

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Mike]

Hii Rick, real bummer what with Sys Restore being corrupt.
Thanks for the link(s) I'll read them. The PC won't pull an IP address.

Mike

 

[Unk]

Hi, my friend cannot connect to his Verizon DSL account using his XP Pro PC.
The acct is active because I took my notebook over there and connected to
the web using his DSL connection. I disabled the firewall, close virus
protection software, reenabled NIC. I believe the winsock is corrupt or
highly unlikely the NIC is bad.
Then decided to restore the system to a point where he had a DSL
connection. I followed the System Restore Wizard and chose a Restore Point.
The Restore Wizard ran then reported I had to run another restore point. I
ran the Wizard several times using different restore points but it would not
restore the systrem.
What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Mike

Fixes the winsock settings on your Windows XP machine.
WinSock XP Fix
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4372.html
http://www.find.pcworld.com/48609

Direct download:
http://files4.majorgeeks.com/files/708be71b9ab6e0a84252760579ade9f1/spyware/winsockxpfix.exe
http://files.webattack.com/localdl834/WinsockxpFix.exe

Winsock Repair Utility:
WinXp\2000: http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html

Another reported fix:
Click Start-> Run-> services.msc and click OK.
Find "Computer Browser", right-click it, and select "Properties".
Change the Startup type from "Automatic" to "Manual", then Stop and Restart the service.

 

[Mike]

I'll try the fixes this weekend.

Mike

Fixes the winsock settings on your Windows XP machine.
WinSock XP Fix
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4372.html
http://www.find.pcworld.com/48609

Direct download:
http://files4.majorgeeks.com/files/708be71b9ab6e0a84252760579ade9f1/spyware/winsockxpfix.exe
http://files.webattack.com/localdl834/WinsockxpFix.exe

Winsock Repair Utility:
WinXp\2000: http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html

Another reported fix:
Click Start-> Run-> services.msc and click OK.
Find "Computer Browser", right-click it, and select "Properties".
Change the Startup type from "Automatic" to "Manual", then Stop and
Restart the service.

 

[Dingus]

Did you check the link light on the NIC? Is it flashing/blinking? Check
windows firewall. Disable and attempt connection.
ping "localhost" (start>run>"cmd">ping localhost). If the report is 100%
sent recieve, the NIC is probably okay.
Try to disable and enable the network connection by right clicking on the
Local Area Connection icon under the Network connections. Also right click
on the same icon and choose repair.
Try and reinstall NIC drivers.
As a matter of course run the error checking application, it takes some time
but may correct.
Run anti-virus to see if a virus is present.
D.

 

[Mike]

Did you check the link light on the NIC? Is it flashing/blinking? Check
windows firewall. Disable and attempt connection.
ping "localhost" (start>run>"cmd">ping localhost). If the report is 100%
sent recieve, the NIC is probably okay.
Try to disable and enable the network connection by right clicking on the
Local Area Connection icon under the Network connections. Also right click
on the same icon and choose repair.
Try and reinstall NIC drivers.
As a matter of course run the error checking application, it takes some
time but may correct.
Run anti-virus to see if a virus is present.
D.

The NIC lights are steady on ie, no traffic. disabled the XP firewall,
disabled and reenabled network connection,

NIC connection repair times out After getting it running a couple of weeks
ago I did an online trend micro virus/spyware which came up negative.
Haven't pinged local host but will do it this weekend.
What's the error checking applicatiuon?

Mike

 

[Dingus]

Right CLICK the Start button>choose explore>right click Local Drive or C:
drive and
choose properties> tools tab>CLICK Check now under Error-checking>Check both
boxes>CLICK the start button>you will get a message stating the check could
not be performed... Do you want to schedule this disk check the next time
you restart the computer? CLICK yes. When you reboot, it will run the error
checking... can take some time to complete. 1+ hours.
D

 

[Mike]

Is this the same as running chkdsk/f on a ntfs partition?

Mike

 

[Dingus]

Yes, it is the same.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/chkdsk.mspx

 

[Mike]

Thanks to everybody who offered help. I disabled the built in NIC then
installed a NIC in a PCI slot
and all is well.

Mike

 

[Mike]

Installing a replacment NIC wouldn't fix winsock problems would it?
Also, I couldn't locate the NIC drivers to reinstall them. It was easier
jus t to replace
the NIC (after disabling onboard NIC) which was recognized right away.

Does XP store all drivers in the same directory? I don't believe it's
system32\drivers.

Mike\