Unable to delete winsock2

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Joe Ferencz

I use Win XP pro and a Dell 2350. I am unable to connect
to the internet using IE6.0 or dial up AOL.
So far I have narrowed the problem to not being able to
delete the winsock2 key. In following the MSKB article
811259 'How to determine and recover from winsock2
corruption' I can delete the winsock key but each time I
try to delete the winsock2 key I get an error
message 'unable to delete key'. In comparing the winsock2
key values between a known good system I see catalog 5
and 9 entries on the corrupted winsock2 missing. I have
tried to rename the key. I have tried to import a known
good key using 'repair'. Permissions are the same for the
corrupted key and a known good key. I set up another user
with admin permission and still have the same problem.
Dells answer is to reformat and reinstall OS. I don't
want to reinstall all my apps if I can avoid it. I am
about ready to do the dreaded 'format c:\u'unless someone
has a nifty idea. This problem I have doesn't show up on
any of the MB I've scanned.
 
Hi, Joe -

Last week I removed a piece of spyware that pretty much
destroyed my TCP-IP stack when I removed the nasty little
program.

The first thing I tried was using netsh to rebuild the
stack - I'd try that first. Log on as an administrator,
open a command prompt window and type the following:

netsh int ip reset c:\reset.txt

then smack the enter key. This will rebuild the TCP-IP
stack with default values and write the results to a file
called 'reset.txt' in the root of your c: drive.

If this doesn't work (and it didn't for me this time but
has before) the only other advice I can offer is to
download a utility to rebuild the stack like
winsockxpfix - it's a free utility you can get from

http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html

and it fixed my busted machine - saved me from formatting
the drive.

Hope this helps -
 
Thanks Allan:
I did try the netsh rebuild and it had no effect. I must
have a corrupt winsock2 key in the backup registry and
from the original instal of win xp although I don't have
a clue as to how that happened as I have been using the
system in the past.
I will try the spychecker program though... Thanks
 
Joe said:
Thanks Allan:
I did try the netsh rebuild and it had no effect. I must
have a corrupt winsock2 key in the backup registry and
from the original instal of win xp although I don't have
a clue as to how that happened as I have been using the
system in the past.
I will try the spychecker program though... Thanks
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Google for these two apps: lspfix.exe and winsockxpfix.exe. Run both in
default mode. Once or the other will fix the problem, hopefully.

Q
 
Well gentlemen,
Thanks for your help on this ; unfortunately lspfix will
not run---I get an error message that says "catalog entry
5 is missing data"Duh I know that!!.
Guess I'll have to do the dreaded format c:/u.
end
 
I wonder if your registry is somehow corrupted. A format/reinstall might
not be a bad idea.
 
Ken,
I realize I can do a format/reinstall but am trying to
avoid this because of all my apps. What makes no sense is
that the winsock2 registry key is the only one I cannot
modify-delete rename. All others I can access and modify,
etc. The rest of my computer is functioning correctly.
I'm amazed that I CAN'T DELETE THIS KEY USING A COMMAND
PROMPT SOMEHOW AND IMPORT A GOOD KEY FROM ONE OF MY OTHER
COMPUTERS.
Regards,
-----Original Message-----
I wonder if your registry is somehow corrupted. A format/reinstall might
not be a bad idea.

--

Ken Wickes [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"(e-mail address removed)"
Well gentlemen,
Thanks for your help on this ; unfortunately lspfix will
not run---I get an error message that says "catalog entry
5 is missing data"Duh I know that!!.
Guess I'll have to do the dreaded format c:/u.
end TCP-
IP a
file time
but able
to catalog
5 another
user
Click to expand...


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Command prompt or not, it would still use the same API as regedit, and that
API is failing for some reason. Knowing the error code might be useful but
I'm not sure how you could get the code without writing code.

Have you actually tried importing even if you can't delete?
--

Ken Wickes [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


[email protected] said:
Ken,
I realize I can do a format/reinstall but am trying to
avoid this because of all my apps. What makes no sense is
that the winsock2 registry key is the only one I cannot
modify-delete rename. All others I can access and modify,
etc. The rest of my computer is functioning correctly.
I'm amazed that I CAN'T DELETE THIS KEY USING A COMMAND
PROMPT SOMEHOW AND IMPORT A GOOD KEY FROM ONE OF MY OTHER
COMPUTERS.
Regards,
-----Original Message-----
I wonder if your registry is somehow corrupted. A format/reinstall might
not be a bad idea.

--

Ken Wickes [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"(e-mail address removed)"
Well gentlemen,
Thanks for your help on this ; unfortunately lspfix will
not run---I get an error message that says "catalog entry
5 is missing data"Duh I know that!!.
Guess I'll have to do the dreaded format c:/u.
end
-----Original Message-----
Joe Ferencz wrote:
Thanks Allan:
I did try the netsh rebuild and it had no effect. I
must
have a corrupt winsock2 key in the backup registry and
from the original instal of win xp although I don't
have
a clue as to how that happened as I have been using the
system in the past.
I will try the spychecker program though... Thanks
-----Original Message-----
Hi, Joe -

Last week I removed a piece of spyware that pretty
much
destroyed my TCP-IP stack when I removed the nasty
little
program.

The first thing I tried was using netsh to rebuild the
stack - I'd try that first. Log on as an
administrator,
open a command prompt window and type the following:

netsh int ip reset c:\reset.txt

then smack the enter key. This will rebuild the TCP-
IP
stack with default values and write the results to a
file
called 'reset.txt' in the root of your c: drive.

If this doesn't work (and it didn't for me this time
but
has before) the only other advice I can offer is to
download a utility to rebuild the stack like
winsockxpfix - it's a free utility you can get from

http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html

and it fixed my busted machine - saved me from
formatting
the drive.

Hope this helps -

-----Original Message-----
I use Win XP pro and a Dell 2350. I am unable to
connect
to the internet using IE6.0 or dial up AOL.
So far I have narrowed the problem to not being able
to
delete the winsock2 key. In following the MSKB
article
811259 'How to determine and recover from winsock2
corruption' I can delete the winsock key but each
time I
try to delete the winsock2 key I get an error
message 'unable to delete key'. In comparing the
winsock2
key values between a known good system I see catalog
5
and 9 entries on the corrupted winsock2 missing. I
have
tried to rename the key. I have tried to import a
known
good key using 'repair'. Permissions are the same
for the
corrupted key and a known good key. I set up another
user
with admin permission and still have the same
problem.
Dells answer is to reformat and reinstall OS. I don't
want to reinstall all my apps if I can avoid it. I am
about ready to do the dreaded 'format c:\u'unless
someone
has a nifty idea. This problem I have doesn't show
up on
any of the MB I've scanned.


.

.

Google for these two apps: lspfix.exe and
winsockxpfix.exe. Run both in
default mode. Once or the other will fix the problem,
hopefully.

Q


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