Windows Sockets error

[Les]

When I try to PING anything I get an "Unable to
initialize Windows Sockets interface, error code 0."
message. IPCONFIG shows 0.0.0.0 as the IP address even
though DHCP is enabled and working on the network. I
can't assign a static IP address to the NIC either. I'm
looking for the Microsoft answer on the WinXP TechNet
site without luck. Any help here?

 

[Marc Reynolds [MSFT]]

Hi Les,

Have you check to make sure you cable is ok? You may also want to test
another network card.


Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Ken Wickes [MSFT]]

I have traced several of these problems to improperly configured winsock
LSPs. Run "winmsd" and go to Components/Network/Protocol. Look at the
names in the list, anything with "MSAFD" in it or the "RSVP xxx Service
Provider" should be fine. Anything else is suspect, and uninstalling the
owning program might help.

If that fails or your provider list is empty, you may need to rebuild the
catalog from scratch. The following instructions will rebuild your catalog
for TCP/IP. If you are using any other transports (If you don't know, then
you probably aren't) then you will have to reinstall them as well.


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