Cannot reinstall ipv6?

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Paul Westwell

Hi,

Have XP SP2 and removed ipv6 from the networking protocol stack, tried to
re-add and it fails.

Anyone have any ideas, others seem to have suffered a similar fate.

Regards,

Paul
 
1. Log on to the computer with a user account that has privileges to
change network configuration.


2. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network
Connections.


3.Right-click any local area connection, and then click Properties.

4.Click Install.

5.In the Select Network Component Type dialog box, click Protocol, and
then click Add.

6.In the Select Network Protocol dialog box, click Microsoft TCP/IP
version 6, and then click OK.

7.Click Close to save changes to your network connection

regards,
ssg MS-MVP
 
S,

I did all that was mentioned below, this is what led me to realise I could
not re-install MSN messenger.


So it would seem there is a scenario that can lead to ipv6 becoming broken
and not allowing the user to add that protocol stack.

This is what I have found so far.....

I have 4 PC's all running XP SP2, two of them have this same problem with
same error (see below), two I can happily remove and re-add ipv6.

If I try and install ipv6 as described below from network connections I get
the following error..
"Could not add the requested component. The error is: An extended error has
occurred"
This is it, a useful description and nothing on the Microsoft website that I
have managed to find!

If I try to install ipv6 from the cmd lining using the command "ipv6
install" I get the following error..
"Installing...
Failed to complete the action.
Error 0x800704b8"
Not much on Microsoft regarding this one either!

So far all I have tried to do is re-run the SP2 installation (full 240Mb
version) with no luck.

Open to any suggestions or assistance, there is very little I can find on
Google that relates to either of my two failure scenario's other then I am
not alone....

Regards,

Paul
 
Paul said:
S,

I did all that was mentioned below, this is what led me to realise I could
not re-install MSN messenger.


So it would seem there is a scenario that can lead to ipv6 becoming broken
and not allowing the user to add that protocol stack.

This is what I have found so far.....

I have 4 PC's all running XP SP2, two of them have this same problem with
same error (see below), two I can happily remove and re-add ipv6.

If I try and install ipv6 as described below from network connections I get
the following error..
"Could not add the requested component. The error is: An extended error has
occurred"
This is it, a useful description and nothing on the Microsoft website that I
have managed to find!

If I try to install ipv6 from the cmd lining using the command "ipv6
install" I get the following error..
"Installing...
Failed to complete the action.
Error 0x800704b8"
Not much on Microsoft regarding this one either!

So far all I have tried to do is re-run the SP2 installation (full 240Mb
version) with no luck.

Open to any suggestions or assistance, there is very little I can find on
Google that relates to either of my two failure scenario's other then I am
not alone....

Regards,

Paul
Click to expand...
Open Control Panel, click on add remove programs, click on Add/Remove
Windows components, scroll down to you see protocols. Select ipv6 and
follow the prompts.
ricardo
 
Ricardo,

The is no "protocols" under "add/remove programs, windows components" on my
installation?

Regards,

Paul
 
I'm having the SAME errors! As of yet, the so called tech support at
microsoft has told me IPv6 is not an option in SP2. IDIOTS!

If you find out how to fix it, PLEASE let me know too!

Thank you
 
I haven't done this myself, but it is fair to assume that the install of
IPv6 modifies the original IPv4 implementation to support it.
It might just be a good idea to get your original IPv4 support re-installed
first (uninstalling is not a real option, but re-installing can be done; see
http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBJ/tip4700/rh4785.htm) and then re-install IPv6.
Sounds like a plan?

george
 
Hi,

go to run, type cmd, then type ipv6 install. if turns out an error message
read the following and you might give the solution a try:

Just by chance found an tool to analyse and repair:

I asked some folks in the product team and here is the response, in case
anyone else runs into this:

This is technically not an IPv6 error; it is coming from the setup
subsystem. So the likely causes are that another network GUI is open...

Things to try:

Are they logged in as an administrator, do they have permissions to the
registry specifically HKLM\System\CCS\Services and
HKLM\System\CCS\Services\6to4 etc...

Run esentutl /g to check the integrity of the security database
%windir%\security\Database\secedit.sdb


Stewart
Click to expand...

I did follow Stewart's suggestion and had the following output:

- database is not up-to-date

Then ran the same command with on recovery option - esentutl /r
%windir%\security\Database\secedit.sdb and it turned out to have some
trouble, citing:

- Operation terminated with error -1003 (JET_errInvalidParamater, Invalid
API paramater)

Thus ran the tool again in repair mode - esentutl /p
%windir%\security\Database\secedit.sdb, which was a success shown by the
following intergrity check. Thereafter installed IPv6 via the command line.

Cheers
 
I had this same problem, and I found that KM's solution works. This is
all you have to do:

Click start, and then run. Type in cmd.
At the command prompt, type cd %windir%\security\Database. Hit enter.
Then type: esentutl /p secedit.sdb
Click OK.
Install TCP/IP as you normally would.
 
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