IP being corrupted when adding a network adapter

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Brian

This is Windows XP Pro running on a notebook PC. IP
crashes when I add a NIC (I have used several different
ones in the past, but now it crashes regardless of which
one I add. Once it crashes, it affects ALL IP
connectivity, even for other my internal NIC.

After the crash:

Ping by LAN IP address says "Pinging >" (leaves out the IP
address.

"Ping statistics for..." shows odd characters in place of
IP address also. The reply itself shows the correct IP
address.

Pinging anything outside LAN fails - "unable to locate
host".

DHCP client generates message, "An operation was attempted
on something that was not a socket."

Already tried reboot, change from dynamic to static, and
net shell IP repair utility ("netsh int ip reset"). None
worked.

I have had to run System Restore several times to get IP
back again, but it continues to crash each time I try to
reinstall the NIC.
 
1. Backup and delete the following registry keys

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2

2. Reboot

3. Go to the network connections folder, right click the icon for your
network connection, and select properties.

4. Click install, choose "protocol", and click "add..."

5. Click "Have Disk...", enter "\windows\inf", click OK

6. Select "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), click OK

7. When the process in complete, reboot
 
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