can't repair winsock

[Walrace]

Hello.
After a crash, a virus scan and a few other troubles, I've lost my network
connection.
Trying Control Panel -> Network Connections -> right-click on an icon ->
repair
gives an error message.
Trying ipconfig /renew fails with:
"an operation was attempted on something that is not a socket".

I tried the procedure given in knowledge base 817571 (+ the comments of
"Xpuser" on usenet), namely:
- export then delete the registry keys
hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\winsock(2)
- reboot
- reinstall tcpip: in a properties window of the network connections,
install -> protocol -> add -> have disk -> "C:\Windows\inf", select tcpip,
and this seems to work allright
- reboot
- and it still doesn't work.

Now I'm not sure it is just a configuration issue: it might be that some
essential files have been corrupted or even deleted during the previous
troubles.
During the virus scan I had to delete a file called
C:\Windows\System32\aklsp.dll. I suspect this is related to my problem.

So my questions:
- is it possible to reinstall the files needed for the tcpip stack from the
windows install cd?
- are there other things that I shoud try?

Thanks for any hint or idea.

 

[S.Sengupta]

Regarding aklsp.dll- did you scan with HijackThis?

regards,
ssg MS-MVP

 

[PA Bear]

1. Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

2. After you've got rid of the hijackware:

http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html

3. Once you can connect:

Before You Connect a New Computer to the Internet
http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/before_you_plug_in.html

Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/default.asp

 

[Plato]

After a crash, a virus scan and a few other troubles, I've lost my network
connection.

http://www.iup.edu/house/resnet/WinsockXPFix.exe
There's always the tcp/ip repair tool which is used after spyware
removal.

 

[Kelly]

Hi,

Winsock Fix (Line 349):
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Run Ad-Aware SE, Spybot and HijackThis:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html

Note: Update the first two programs, once installed, before running.

--
All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com