How to Fix Winsock Problems
In Windows 9x/Me
Last updated: 5/28/04
Q. I can ping a computer on the Internet with
it's IP address, but I cannot connect with my browser. How do I fix
this problem?
Answer:
Step 1: right-click the Network Neighborhood/(Places, Win
Me), Properties, Select the TCP/IP bound to the network adapter, DNS configuration,
and verify that it is the same as the other computer. I believe all boxes
should be blank. Also, verify that the IP Address is set to Obtain automatically.
A work around at this point would be to enable DNS and enter the DNS addresses,
etc. used by your ISP, if you ISP does not assign them automatically.
Step 2: Run the diagnostics that came with the network
adapter in the affected computer. If the MAC address is FFFFFFFFFFFF. TCP/IP
cannot resolve addresses for adapters with this MAC address and it usually
indicates a bad adapter. Replace it.
Step 3: Run winipcfg.exe (Start, Run…) and select the network
adapter. If the Mac address is now FFFFFFFFFFFF and it wasn’t before there
may be an IRQ problem.
Step 4: Remove and reinstall all instances of dial-up networking.
Step 5: If you have Windows XP run Winsock XP Fix.
Step 6: Click Start, Find, Files and Folders, and enter
wsock32.dll in the Name box. If there more than one file by that name
is found, rename all copies to something else except the one in C:\windows\system.
Step 7: Boot you computer to the safe mode and rename all
three winsock files (winsock.dll, wsock32.dll, and wsock.vxd). Extract fresh
versions of these files from the Windows CD using the Start, Programs, Accessories,
System Tools, System Information, System File Checker (or something like
that; I’m running Win Me).
Step 8: Remove the Winsock 2 update by running the C:\Windows\Ws2bakup\Ws2bakup.bat.
Step 9: Windows 98: (last resort and not for most newbies): Back up
important user data. Use notepad and cut and past the following into a tcp.bat
file:
cd\windows
ren winsock.dll winsock.old
cd\windows\system
ren rnaapp.exe rnaapp.eex
ren splitter.vxd splitter.dxv
ren vgateway.vxd vgateway.dxv
ren pppmac.vxd pppmac.dxv
ren wsock.vxd wsock.dxv
ren spap.vxd spap.dxv
ren rnasetup.dll rnasetup.lld
ren rnathunk.dll rnathunk.lld
ren rasapi16.dll rasapi16.lld
ren rasapi32.dll rasapi32.lld
ren smmscrpt.dll smmscrpt.lld
ren smmsetup.dll smmsetup.lld
ren rnaserv.dll rnaserv.lld
ren wsock32.dll wsock32.lld
ren rnaui.dll rnaui.lld
ren rnanp.dll rnanp.lld
ren rnaph.dll rnaph.lld
ren vdhcp.386 vdhcp.683
ren vnbt.386 vnbt.683
ren vtcp.386 vtcp.683
ren vtdi.386 vtdi.683
ren vudp.386 vudp.683
ren vip.386 vip.683
cd\
cd progra~1\access~1
ren slipmenu.scp slipmenu.old
ren slip.scp slip.old
cd\
cd windows\inf
ren netcli.inf netcli.fni
ren netservr.inf netservr.fni
ren net.inf net.fni
ren nettrans.inf nettrans.fni
ren netppp.inf netppp.fni
ren rna.inf rna.fni
ren drvdata.bin drvdata.old
ren drvidx.bin drvidx.old
Boot Windows to the safe mode, open a DOS window, and run
tcp.bat from C:\
Put the win 98 CD in the CD-ROM drive, and Start> Programs> Accessories> System
Tools> System Information> Tools> File checker and extract the following
from D:\win98, where D: is your CD-ROM drive, to the locations indicated:
To C:\windows\system
Rasapi32.dll
Wsock32.dll
Rnasetup.dll
To C:\windows\inf
Netcli.inf
Netservr.inf
Net.inf
Nettrans.inf
Netppp.inf
Rna.inf
To C:\windows
Winsock.dll
If it doesn't work, reinstall the IE upgrade. If it still
doesn't work, uninstall and reinstall all networking components (I had to).
This step is a modification of the one presented in Microsoft
Knowledgebase Article ID: ID: Q181599. Without the article number, the article
is quite difficult to find. My variation of the procedure is much easier
to implement. Do it at your own risk.
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