How to Disable "WINS Proxy Enabled" XP Home?

[Don Cohen]

My ISP recently changed from Roadrunner to a locally owned and operated
outfit. I had no problems with my home network before, but now one of my
computers will lose some/all internet connectivity after a period of time.
I am on a cable-modem. The problem started when the switchover occur. No
problems for several years prior.

Let's deal with just 2 systems to simplify things:

The problem computer is my Desktop; my Laptop works fine. Both are XP
Home/SP2, similarly maintained, all critical updates installed. They are
hardwired to the same Router (Linksys WRT54G). I even tried switching the
ethernet cables, but this had no effect.

If I reboot the desktop, everything is fine, but after a while, I find that
I can no longer access the internet. Oddly, I can still check email through
Outlook Express. During these times, my cable-modem shows a solid
connection to the ISP. And my laptop has no problem connecting.

Most of the time, if I'm having the problem, I can go to a command prompt,
do an ipconfig /release, followed by ipconfig/renew, I'm again ok for a
while. Oddly, the ipconfig /renew takes from 30-60 seconds, much longer
than I remember it occurring when I've had to do this in the past.

I've examined all the Network and TCP/IP settings between the 2 systems, and
identified 2 differences:

1. Under Advanced TCP/IP settings, "Append parent suffixes of the primary
DNS suffix" was unchecked on the problem Desktop, but was checked on the
Laptop. I then checked the box, and for a while the desktop was ok. Then
the problem recurred (perhaps 15-30 minutes later).

2. When I go to a command prompt, and do a "ipconfig /all" everything is
the same except:
Problem Desktop: WINS Proxy Enabled.....Yes
Functioning Laptop: WINS Proxy Enabled....No

So:

First - is it likely that this accounts for the problem I'm having?

Second - how the heck do I get it "un-enabled" to try? I've been googling
like crazy, found a registry tweak for XP Pro (no corresponding entries in
my XP Home registry), but nothing for XP Home, and nothing in any setting
that seems to control this.

Third - does the slow response to the ipconfig /renew mean anything in
identifying and fixing the problem?

Any suggestions on identifying the source of this problem, and/or changing
the 'WINS Proxy Enabled' setting greatly appreciated.

--
Don
Photo Website at:
http://www.dlcphotography.net

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[Mark L. Ferguson]

My guess would be that the roadrunner software left some relic in the
registry to enable WINS. Look over your registry settings for that.

160177 - Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients - WINS resolution:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q160177

--
Mark L. Ferguson
e-mail subject line must include "QZ" or it's deleted
..

My ISP recently changed from Roadrunner to a locally owned and operated
outfit. I had no problems with my home network before, but now one of my
computers will lose some/all internet connectivity after a period of time.
I am on a cable-modem. The problem started when the switchover occur. No
problems for several years prior.

Let's deal with just 2 systems to simplify things:

The problem computer is my Desktop; my Laptop works fine. Both are XP
Home/SP2, similarly maintained, all critical updates installed. They are
hardwired to the same Router (Linksys WRT54G). I even tried switching the
ethernet cables, but this had no effect.

If I reboot the desktop, everything is fine, but after a while, I find
that I can no longer access the internet. Oddly, I can still check email
through Outlook Express. During these times, my cable-modem shows a solid
connection to the ISP. And my laptop has no problem connecting.

Most of the time, if I'm having the problem, I can go to a command prompt,
do an ipconfig /release, followed by ipconfig/renew, I'm again ok for a
while. Oddly, the ipconfig /renew takes from 30-60 seconds, much longer
than I remember it occurring when I've had to do this in the past.

I've examined all the Network and TCP/IP settings between the 2 systems,
and identified 2 differences:

1. Under Advanced TCP/IP settings, "Append parent suffixes of the primary
DNS suffix" was unchecked on the problem Desktop, but was checked on the
Laptop. I then checked the box, and for a while the desktop was ok. Then
the problem recurred (perhaps 15-30 minutes later).

2. When I go to a command prompt, and do a "ipconfig /all" everything is
the same except:
Problem Desktop: WINS Proxy Enabled.....Yes
Functioning Laptop: WINS Proxy Enabled....No

So:

First - is it likely that this accounts for the problem I'm having?

Second - how the heck do I get it "un-enabled" to try? I've been googling
like crazy, found a registry tweak for XP Pro (no corresponding entries in
my XP Home registry), but nothing for XP Home, and nothing in any setting
that seems to control this.

Third - does the slow response to the ipconfig /renew mean anything in
identifying and fixing the problem?

Any suggestions on identifying the source of this problem, and/or changing
the 'WINS Proxy Enabled' setting greatly appreciated.

--
Don
Photo Website at:
http://www.dlcphotography.net

[Remove the "lens cap" for email]

 

[Don Cohen]

Mark,

My guess would be that the roadrunner software left some relic in the
registry to enable WINS. Look over your registry settings for that.

160177 - Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients - WINS resolution:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q160177

Thanks much for the quick reply. I thought I had looked there before, but
looked again, and found this:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters\EnableProxy

and the value is set to "2".

The reading I had done showed it should be either 0 (disabled) or 1
(enabled) IIRC.

What does the value "2" mean, and what should it be to disabled it?

And more importantly, do you think this would account for suddently losing
internet connectivity via browser?

Thanks again.
--
Don
Photo Website at:
http://www.dlcphotography.net

[Remove the "lens cap" for email]

--
Mark L. Ferguson
e-mail subject line must include "QZ" or it's deleted
.

My ISP recently changed from Roadrunner to a locally owned and operated
outfit. I had no problems with my home network before, but now one of my
computers will lose some/all internet connectivity after a period of
time. I am on a cable-modem. The problem started when the switchover
occur. No problems for several years prior.

Let's deal with just 2 systems to simplify things:

The problem computer is my Desktop; my Laptop works fine. Both are XP
Home/SP2, similarly maintained, all critical updates installed. They are
hardwired to the same Router (Linksys WRT54G). I even tried switching
the ethernet cables, but this had no effect.

If I reboot the desktop, everything is fine, but after a while, I find
that I can no longer access the internet. Oddly, I can still check email
through Outlook Express. During these times, my cable-modem shows a
solid connection to the ISP. And my laptop has no problem connecting.

Most of the time, if I'm having the problem, I can go to a command
prompt, do an ipconfig /release, followed by ipconfig/renew, I'm again ok
for a while. Oddly, the ipconfig /renew takes from 30-60 seconds, much
longer than I remember it occurring when I've had to do this in the past.

I've examined all the Network and TCP/IP settings between the 2 systems,
and identified 2 differences:

1. Under Advanced TCP/IP settings, "Append parent suffixes of the
primary DNS suffix" was unchecked on the problem Desktop, but was checked
on the Laptop. I then checked the box, and for a while the desktop was
ok. Then the problem recurred (perhaps 15-30 minutes later).

2. When I go to a command prompt, and do a "ipconfig /all" everything is
the same except:
Problem Desktop: WINS Proxy Enabled.....Yes
Functioning Laptop: WINS Proxy Enabled....No

So:

First - is it likely that this accounts for the problem I'm having?

Second - how the heck do I get it "un-enabled" to try? I've been
googling like crazy, found a registry tweak for XP Pro (no corresponding
entries in my XP Home registry), but nothing for XP Home, and nothing in
any setting that seems to control this.

Third - does the slow response to the ipconfig /renew mean anything in
identifying and fixing the problem?

Any suggestions on identifying the source of this problem, and/or
changing the 'WINS Proxy Enabled' setting greatly appreciated.

--
Don
Photo Website at:
http://www.dlcphotography.net

[Remove the "lens cap" for email]

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

I would certainly think setting it to zero couldn't hurt, since you can set
it back any time.
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Mark L. Ferguson

Mark,

My guess would be that the roadrunner software left some relic in the
registry to enable WINS. Look over your registry settings for that.

160177 - Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients - WINS resolution:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q160177

Thanks much for the quick reply. I thought I had looked there before, but
looked again, and found this:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters\EnableProxy

and the value is set to "2".

The reading I had done showed it should be either 0 (disabled) or 1
(enabled) IIRC.

What does the value "2" mean, and what should it be to disabled it?

And more importantly, do you think this would account for suddently losing
internet connectivity via browser?

Thanks again.
--
Don
Photo Website at:
http://www.dlcphotography.net

[Remove the "lens cap" for email]

--
Mark L. Ferguson
e-mail subject line must include "QZ" or it's deleted
.

My ISP recently changed from Roadrunner to a locally owned and operated
outfit. I had no problems with my home network before, but now one of my
computers will lose some/all internet connectivity after a period of
time. I am on a cable-modem. The problem started when the switchover
occur. No problems for several years prior.

Let's deal with just 2 systems to simplify things:

The problem computer is my Desktop; my Laptop works fine. Both are XP
Home/SP2, similarly maintained, all critical updates installed. They are
hardwired to the same Router (Linksys WRT54G). I even tried switching
the ethernet cables, but this had no effect.

If I reboot the desktop, everything is fine, but after a while, I find
that I can no longer access the internet. Oddly, I can still check email
through Outlook Express. During these times, my cable-modem shows a
solid connection to the ISP. And my laptop has no problem connecting.

Most of the time, if I'm having the problem, I can go to a command
prompt, do an ipconfig /release, followed by ipconfig/renew, I'm again ok
for a while. Oddly, the ipconfig /renew takes from 30-60 seconds, much
longer than I remember it occurring when I've had to do this in the past.

I've examined all the Network and TCP/IP settings between the 2 systems,
and identified 2 differences:

1. Under Advanced TCP/IP settings, "Append parent suffixes of the
primary DNS suffix" was unchecked on the problem Desktop, but was checked
on the Laptop. I then checked the box, and for a while the desktop was
ok. Then the problem recurred (perhaps 15-30 minutes later).

2. When I go to a command prompt, and do a "ipconfig /all" everything is
the same except:
Problem Desktop: WINS Proxy Enabled.....Yes
Functioning Laptop: WINS Proxy Enabled....No

So:

First - is it likely that this accounts for the problem I'm having?

Second - how the heck do I get it "un-enabled" to try? I've been
googling like crazy, found a registry tweak for XP Pro (no corresponding
entries in my XP Home registry), but nothing for XP Home, and nothing in
any setting that seems to control this.

Third - does the slow response to the ipconfig /renew mean anything in
identifying and fixing the problem?

Any suggestions on identifying the source of this problem, and/or
changing the 'WINS Proxy Enabled' setting greatly appreciated.

--
Don
Photo Website at:
http://www.dlcphotography.net

[Remove the "lens cap" for email]

 

[Don Cohen]

Thanks again, Mark.

I would certainly think setting it to zero couldn't hurt, since you can set
it back any time.

Yup - setting to to 0 resulted in "ipconfig /all" now showing WINS Proxy
Enabled....No. I guess I'll just have to wait and see if this fixes the
original problem.

Again, if you have a minute, what is going on here, and what is the basis
for thinking/hoping that this will correct the drops in internet
connectivity that I'm experiencing?


--
Don
Photo Website at:
http://www.dlcphotography.net

[Remove the "lens cap" for email]

Mark,

My guess would be that the roadrunner software left some relic in the
registry to enable WINS. Look over your registry settings for that.

160177 - Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients - WINS resolution:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q160177

Thanks much for the quick reply. I thought I had looked there before,
but
looked again, and found this:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters\EnableProxy

and the value is set to "2".

The reading I had done showed it should be either 0 (disabled) or 1
(enabled) IIRC.

What does the value "2" mean, and what should it be to disabled it?

And more importantly, do you think this would account for suddently
losing
internet connectivity via browser?

Thanks again.
--
Don
Photo Website at:
http://www.dlcphotography.net

[Remove the "lens cap" for email]

--
Mark L. Ferguson
e-mail subject line must include "QZ" or it's deleted
.
My ISP recently changed from Roadrunner to a locally owned and
operated
outfit. I had no problems with my home network before, but now one of
my
computers will lose some/all internet connectivity after a period of
time. I am on a cable-modem. The problem started when the switchover
occur. No problems for several years prior.

Let's deal with just 2 systems to simplify things:

The problem computer is my Desktop; my Laptop works fine. Both are XP
Home/SP2, similarly maintained, all critical updates installed. They
are
hardwired to the same Router (Linksys WRT54G). I even tried switching
the ethernet cables, but this had no effect.

If I reboot the desktop, everything is fine, but after a while, I find
that I can no longer access the internet. Oddly, I can still check
email
through Outlook Express. During these times, my cable-modem shows a
solid connection to the ISP. And my laptop has no problem connecting.

Most of the time, if I'm having the problem, I can go to a command
prompt, do an ipconfig /release, followed by ipconfig/renew, I'm again
ok
for a while. Oddly, the ipconfig /renew takes from 30-60 seconds,
much
longer than I remember it occurring when I've had to do this in the
past.

I've examined all the Network and TCP/IP settings between the 2
systems,
and identified 2 differences:

1. Under Advanced TCP/IP settings, "Append parent suffixes of the
primary DNS suffix" was unchecked on the problem Desktop, but was
checked
on the Laptop. I then checked the box, and for a while the desktop
was
ok. Then the problem recurred (perhaps 15-30 minutes later).

2. When I go to a command prompt, and do a "ipconfig /all" everything
is
the same except:
Problem Desktop: WINS Proxy Enabled.....Yes
Functioning Laptop: WINS Proxy Enabled....No

So:

First - is it likely that this accounts for the problem I'm having?

Second - how the heck do I get it "un-enabled" to try? I've been
googling like crazy, found a registry tweak for XP Pro (no
corresponding
entries in my XP Home registry), but nothing for XP Home, and nothing
in
any setting that seems to control this.

Third - does the slow response to the ipconfig /renew mean anything in
identifying and fixing the problem?

Any suggestions on identifying the source of this problem, and/or
changing the 'WINS Proxy Enabled' setting greatly appreciated.

--
Don
Photo Website at:
http://www.dlcphotography.net

[Remove the "lens cap" for email]

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Certainly, trying it is the good path, but understanding it, well, I'm part
mad because I try to do that (lol). I think you can see that the WINS is a
changed status since the edit of the registry. Relic of roadrunner or not, I
think you will get a better shot at detecting any need additional changes.
TCP/IP is a very old protocol, now, and the relationship of 'connection' to
'system' keeps changing. One of the tools you should consider is 'netstat
/?'

--
Mark L. Ferguson
e-mail subject line must include "QZ" or it's deleted
..

Thanks again, Mark.

I would certainly think setting it to zero couldn't hurt, since you can
set
it back any time.

Yup - setting to to 0 resulted in "ipconfig /all" now showing WINS Proxy
Enabled....No. I guess I'll just have to wait and see if this fixes the
original problem.

Again, if you have a minute, what is going on here, and what is the basis
for thinking/hoping that this will correct the drops in internet
connectivity that I'm experiencing?


--
Don
Photo Website at:
http://www.dlcphotography.net

[Remove the "lens cap" for email]

Mark,

My guess would be that the roadrunner software left some relic in the
registry to enable WINS. Look over your registry settings for that.

160177 - Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients - WINS resolution:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q160177


Thanks much for the quick reply. I thought I had looked there before,
but
looked again, and found this:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters\EnableProxy

and the value is set to "2".

The reading I had done showed it should be either 0 (disabled) or 1
(enabled) IIRC.

What does the value "2" mean, and what should it be to disabled it?

And more importantly, do you think this would account for suddently
losing
internet connectivity via browser?

Thanks again.
--
Don
Photo Website at:
http://www.dlcphotography.net

[Remove the "lens cap" for email]



--
Mark L. Ferguson
e-mail subject line must include "QZ" or it's deleted
.
My ISP recently changed from Roadrunner to a locally owned and
operated
outfit. I had no problems with my home network before, but now one
of my
computers will lose some/all internet connectivity after a period of
time. I am on a cable-modem. The problem started when the switchover
occur. No problems for several years prior.

Let's deal with just 2 systems to simplify things:

The problem computer is my Desktop; my Laptop works fine. Both are
XP
Home/SP2, similarly maintained, all critical updates installed. They
are
hardwired to the same Router (Linksys WRT54G). I even tried
switching
the ethernet cables, but this had no effect.

If I reboot the desktop, everything is fine, but after a while, I
find
that I can no longer access the internet. Oddly, I can still check
email
through Outlook Express. During these times, my cable-modem shows a
solid connection to the ISP. And my laptop has no problem
connecting.

Most of the time, if I'm having the problem, I can go to a command
prompt, do an ipconfig /release, followed by ipconfig/renew, I'm
again ok
for a while. Oddly, the ipconfig /renew takes from 30-60 seconds,
much
longer than I remember it occurring when I've had to do this in the
past.

I've examined all the Network and TCP/IP settings between the 2
systems,
and identified 2 differences:

1. Under Advanced TCP/IP settings, "Append parent suffixes of the
primary DNS suffix" was unchecked on the problem Desktop, but was
checked
on the Laptop. I then checked the box, and for a while the desktop
was
ok. Then the problem recurred (perhaps 15-30 minutes later).

2. When I go to a command prompt, and do a "ipconfig /all"
everything is
the same except:
Problem Desktop: WINS Proxy Enabled.....Yes
Functioning Laptop: WINS Proxy Enabled....No

So:

First - is it likely that this accounts for the problem I'm having?

Second - how the heck do I get it "un-enabled" to try? I've been
googling like crazy, found a registry tweak for XP Pro (no
corresponding
entries in my XP Home registry), but nothing for XP Home, and nothing
in
any setting that seems to control this.

Third - does the slow response to the ipconfig /renew mean anything
in
identifying and fixing the problem?

Any suggestions on identifying the source of this problem, and/or
changing the 'WINS Proxy Enabled' setting greatly appreciated.

--
Don
Photo Website at:
http://www.dlcphotography.net

[Remove the "lens cap" for email]

 

[Don Cohen]

Mark,

Certainly, trying it is the good path, but understanding it, well, I'm
part mad because I try to do that (lol). I think you can see that the WINS
is a changed status since the edit of the registry. Relic of roadrunner or
not, I think you will get a better shot at detecting any need additional
changes. TCP/IP is a very old protocol, now, and the relationship of
'connection' to 'system' keeps changing. One of the tools you should
consider is 'netstat /?'

I suspect you're right about Roadrunner making the change. During the
upgrade, and without authorization from me, they also added their logo to
IE, requiring me to find it and dig it out of the registry as well. I bet
this other change was made at the same time.

And so far, so good. I've maintained full internet connectivity without
interruption since the change was made, longer than it usually takes for the
dropped connection to occur.

Thanks again for the help, and have a great New Years!

--
Don
Photo Website at:
http://www.dlcphotography.net

[Remove the "lens cap" for email]

--
Mark L. Ferguson
e-mail subject line must include "QZ" or it's deleted
.

Thanks again, Mark.

I would certainly think setting it to zero couldn't hurt, since you can
set
it back any time.

Yup - setting to to 0 resulted in "ipconfig /all" now showing WINS Proxy
Enabled....No. I guess I'll just have to wait and see if this fixes the
original problem.

Again, if you have a minute, what is going on here, and what is the basis
for thinking/hoping that this will correct the drops in internet
connectivity that I'm experiencing?


--
Don
Photo Website at:
http://www.dlcphotography.net

[Remove the "lens cap" for email]

:

Mark,

My guess would be that the roadrunner software left some relic in the
registry to enable WINS. Look over your registry settings for that.

160177 - Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients - WINS resolution:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q160177


Thanks much for the quick reply. I thought I had looked there before,
but
looked again, and found this:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters\EnableProxy

and the value is set to "2".

The reading I had done showed it should be either 0 (disabled) or 1
(enabled) IIRC.

What does the value "2" mean, and what should it be to disabled it?

And more importantly, do you think this would account for suddently
losing
internet connectivity via browser?

Thanks again.
--
Don
Photo Website at:
http://www.dlcphotography.net

[Remove the "lens cap" for email]



--
Mark L. Ferguson
e-mail subject line must include "QZ" or it's deleted
.
My ISP recently changed from Roadrunner to a locally owned and
operated
outfit. I had no problems with my home network before, but now one
of my
computers will lose some/all internet connectivity after a period of
time. I am on a cable-modem. The problem started when the
switchover
occur. No problems for several years prior.

Let's deal with just 2 systems to simplify things:

The problem computer is my Desktop; my Laptop works fine. Both are
XP
Home/SP2, similarly maintained, all critical updates installed.
They are
hardwired to the same Router (Linksys WRT54G). I even tried
switching
the ethernet cables, but this had no effect.

If I reboot the desktop, everything is fine, but after a while, I
find
that I can no longer access the internet. Oddly, I can still check
email
through Outlook Express. During these times, my cable-modem shows a
solid connection to the ISP. And my laptop has no problem
connecting.

Most of the time, if I'm having the problem, I can go to a command
prompt, do an ipconfig /release, followed by ipconfig/renew, I'm
again ok
for a while. Oddly, the ipconfig /renew takes from 30-60 seconds,
much
longer than I remember it occurring when I've had to do this in the
past.

I've examined all the Network and TCP/IP settings between the 2
systems,
and identified 2 differences:

1. Under Advanced TCP/IP settings, "Append parent suffixes of the
primary DNS suffix" was unchecked on the problem Desktop, but was
checked
on the Laptop. I then checked the box, and for a while the desktop
was
ok. Then the problem recurred (perhaps 15-30 minutes later).

2. When I go to a command prompt, and do a "ipconfig /all"
everything is
the same except:
Problem Desktop: WINS Proxy Enabled.....Yes
Functioning Laptop: WINS Proxy Enabled....No

So:

First - is it likely that this accounts for the problem I'm having?

Second - how the heck do I get it "un-enabled" to try? I've been
googling like crazy, found a registry tweak for XP Pro (no
corresponding
entries in my XP Home registry), but nothing for XP Home, and
nothing in
any setting that seems to control this.

Third - does the slow response to the ipconfig /renew mean anything
in
identifying and fixing the problem?

Any suggestions on identifying the source of this problem, and/or
changing the 'WINS Proxy Enabled' setting greatly appreciated.

--
Don
Photo Website at:
http://www.dlcphotography.net

[Remove the "lens cap" for email]