Home network broken after failed BitTorrent install

[Guest]

My new computer is on a little network with my very old Win 98 rig. Both are
used for e-mail and web.

I installed BitTorrent a few days ago and the installation failed. Whilst
trying to follow the not-really-very-helpful help files, I tried to open some
more ports in the firewall, didn't really know what i was doing.

Anyhow, it didn't help, so i uninstalled BT but now my old rig can't connect
to the net and nor can i access files there from the new one.

I've tried to use the network tools in control panel but got nowhere. Any
ideas please anybody?

 

[Chuck]

My new computer is on a little network with my very old Win 98 rig. Both are
used for e-mail and web.

I installed BitTorrent a few days ago and the installation failed. Whilst
trying to follow the not-really-very-helpful help files, I tried to open some
more ports in the firewall, didn't really know what i was doing.

Anyhow, it didn't help, so i uninstalled BT but now my old rig can't connect
to the net and nor can i access files there from the new one.

I've tried to use the network tools in control panel but got nowhere. Any
ideas please anybody?

If this is a Windows 98 problem, you might get more help in
microsoft.public.win98.networking. If this is a Windows XP problem, read on.

Could be broken LSP / Winsock layer.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=318584
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=811259

If XP SP2, Start - Run - "cmd". Type "netsh winsock reset catalog" into the
command window.

Give LSP-Fix <http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm>, WinsockFix
<http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=257>, or WinsockXPFix
<http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html> a shot.

If no help yet, reset TCP/IP.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=299357

Start - Run - "cmd". Type "netsh int ip reset c:\netsh.txt" into the command
window.