TCP/IP corruption?

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I have a Windows XP pro install that no longer gets an ip address, and, if you create a static ip, you can ping the gateway but can't browse(DNS). I've tried everything I know( IT pro) and still nothing. I installed a new copy of XP on the d drive and that is what I'm using now.... I need my old install back! I know that TCP/IP is now a core part of Windows and you can't uninstall and reinstall as in W2K. In a book titled "PC Disaster and Recovery, they said you could uninstall and reinstall by typing "netsh ip reset c:\newrcp.txt" . The last portion just creates a log file so you can see what you have done. It cleans up the registry but I think my problem lies elsewhere as this did not help! The finagle that got all this rolling was I removed an old mobile device icon as I no longer have a IPAQ. I even tried installing over the old copy but that didn't help. All I get with dhcp is 169.xxx.xxx.xxx. And again, static IP doesn't help.. ANY IDEAS????????????
 
Sounds like a winsock problem try going to
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm to repair winsock.
-----Original Message-----
I have a Windows XP pro install that no longer gets an ip
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address, and, if you create a static ip, you can ping the
gateway but can't browse(DNS). I've tried everything I know
( IT pro) and still nothing. I installed a new copy of XP
on the d drive and that is what I'm using now.... I need
my old install back! I know that TCP/IP is now a core part
of Windows and you can't uninstall and reinstall as in
W2K. In a book titled "PC Disaster and Recovery, they said
you could uninstall and reinstall by typing "netsh ip
reset c:\newrcp.txt" . The last portion just creates a log
file so you can see what you have done. It cleans up the
registry but I think my problem lies elsewhere as this did
not help! The finagle that got all this rolling was I
removed an old mobile device icon as I no longer have a
IPAQ. I even tried installing over the old copy but that
didn't help. All I get with dhcp is 169.xxx.xxx.xxx. And
again, static IP doesn't help.. ANY IDEAS????????????
 
Greetings CharlyG,

If you can ping you don't have a corrupted TCP/IP stack. Here are some
TCP/IP troubleshooting steps below that you may find useful. Anything with
169.254.xxx.xxx, tells you are configured for DHCP but it couldn't find a
DHCP server. Here are some troubleshooting steps that you can follow in this
link.

Windows XP Network Troubleshooting
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/tcp-ip-details.htm

Specific Problems and Solutions
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/specificbroblems.htm

_______________
Eric


CharlyG said:
I have a Windows XP pro install that no longer gets an ip address, and, if
Click to expand...
you create a static ip, you can ping the gateway but can't browse(DNS). I've
tried everything I know( IT pro) and still nothing. I installed a new copy
of XP on the d drive and that is what I'm using now.... I need my old
install back! I know that TCP/IP is now a core part of Windows and you can't
uninstall and reinstall as in W2K. In a book titled "PC Disaster and
Recovery, they said you could uninstall and reinstall by typing "netsh ip
reset c:\newrcp.txt" . The last portion just creates a log file so you can
see what you have done. It cleans up the registry but I think my problem
lies elsewhere as this did not help! The finagle that got all this rolling
was I removed an old mobile device icon as I no longer have a IPAQ. I even
tried installing over the old copy but that didn't help. All I get with dhcp
is 169.xxx.xxx.xxx. And again, static IP doesn't help.. ANY
IDEAS????????????
 
Neither fix worked. It says I need to reinstall Winsock
2? I have no idea how to do that in XP...

PS, I believe the problem is higher in the OSI stack than
ping...

CHarlyG
 
FIXED!!!!!! I had to export winsock and winsock 2 from
the registry of the good install and import to the
corrupt install!!!!!


HAPPY GUY!!!!!!!
-----Original Message-----
I have a Windows XP pro install that no longer gets an
Click to expand...
ip address, and, if you create a static ip, you can ping
the gateway but can't browse(DNS). I've tried everything
I know( IT pro) and still nothing. I installed a new copy
of XP on the d drive and that is what I'm using now.... I
need my old install back! I know that TCP/IP is now a
core part of Windows and you can't uninstall and
reinstall as in W2K. In a book titled "PC Disaster and
Recovery, they said you could uninstall and reinstall by
typing "netsh ip reset c:\newrcp.txt" . The last portion
just creates a log file so you can see what you have
done. It cleans up the registry but I think my problem
lies elsewhere as this did not help! The finagle that got
all this rolling was I removed an old mobile device icon
as I no longer have a IPAQ. I even tried installing over
the old copy but that didn't help. All I get with dhcp is
169.xxx.xxx.xxx. And again, static IP doesn't help.. ANY
IDEAS????????????
 
I had the exact same problem in the last month on two
seperate WinXP PC's on two seperate occasians on a home
network. Nither one would pull an IP from the DHCP server
and would switch over to Auto IP Config in which the OS
would generate an IP. I even entered in the Registry key
to disable Auto IP Config, however then I would just get a
null IP address (0.0.0.0). I as well figured it might be a
Winsock issue but like the individual who originally
entered this post I don't know how To re-install Winsock
on XP. Now that I have a way of fixing the problem, does
anyone now why this is happening? BTW thanks to those that
directed us to a fix.
 
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