Possible winsock problem

[Bob Morton]

I have a Dell desktop that is connected via DSL. It
appears that the NIC went bad so I purchased another one
but I still can't connect to the net after going through
the following the documentation supplied by the ISP. I am
able to connect from my laptop, so I know the DSL modem is
OK. I contacted the ISP and they had me run
ipconfig /release followed by ipconfig /renew. The
ipconfig /renew returned an error message and the tech
said he thinks I have a winsock error. How do I fix it?

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have a Dell desktop that is connected via DSL. It
appears that the NIC went bad so I purchased another one
but I still can't connect to the net after going through
the following the documentation supplied by the ISP. I am
able to connect from my laptop, so I know the DSL modem is
OK. I contacted the ISP and they had me run
ipconfig /release followed by ipconfig /renew. The
ipconfig /renew returned an error message and the tech
said he thinks I have a winsock error. How do I fix it?

What does the error message say?
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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[Bob Morton]

-----Original Message-----

What does the error message say?
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
.
I am sorry but I did not write the error message down.

While I was waiting for a reply we contacted the Dell
support line and they had us delete/uninstall several
things and then reinstall XP. That seems to have fixed
the problem.

thanks.