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Windows Sockets Initialization failed

Y.B.Sober · 2004-12-04 15:01:02

hi. after uninstalling some nasty adware on win2k i got the following msg on reboot: "Windows Sockets Initialization failed", leaving me without an internet connection. From what i gather, i have lost my tcp/ip dump (info from various sites). how do i go about reinstalling tcp/ip? or are there any other fixes?

04-12-2004 4:01pm

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Y.B.Sober

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hi. after uninstalling some nasty adware on win2k i got the following msg on reboot: "Windows Sockets Initialization failed", leaving me without an internet connection. From what i gather, i have lost my tcp/ip dump (info from various sites). how do i go about reinstalling tcp/ip? or are there any other fixes?

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#2 04-12-2004 11:53pm

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had to do this last week - but it's for XP not 2k

netsh int ip reset reset.log
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/299357?

also for XP - but might be a starting point.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811259

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#3 05-12-2004 12:35pm

Y.B.Sober

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reinstalled tcp/ip. still got same error. my reg editor is also corrupt (coponents missing). this is a business pc, so if anyone can get me up and running for tomorrow that would be appreciated!

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#4 05-12-2004 7:52pm

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bump ...sorry, this is really important!

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