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Windows 2000 TCP/IP Reinstall help?I've been in touch with several technical support people
who tell me I have a Winsocket error on my c. 2002 Windows 2000 Sony Vaio notebook. The Microsoft solutions page tells me to find a similar computer, save the files to a floppy, and then copy them onto the machine that's been corrupted (it appears TCP/IP was somehow removed by my using spyware software). My incredulous question is this: I cannot easily find another machine configured like my laptop. Is it true that there is no place on the Internet where I can find these files and DOWNLOAD them onto a working machine and then copy them to the offending machine? Bruce dr bruce k (no spaces in the userid) at Yah who dot com See the link below and do method 1. Basically you first delete the winsock
keys from the registry and then uninstall and install tcp/ip. MS recommends that you backup for winsock keys which is always best practice but if they are already corrupt the point is moot. --- Steve http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us%3b817571 Show quote "Dr. Bruce K" <anonym***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:04cb01c516dd$825ca3e0$a401280a@phx.gbl... > I've been in touch with several technical support people > who tell me I have a Winsocket error on my c. 2002 Windows > 2000 Sony Vaio notebook. The Microsoft solutions page > tells me to find a similar computer, save the files to a > floppy, and then copy them onto the machine that's been > corrupted (it appears TCP/IP was somehow removed by my > using spyware software). > > My incredulous question is this: I cannot easily find > another machine configured like my laptop. Is it true that > there is no place on the Internet where I can find these > files and DOWNLOAD them onto a working machine and then > copy them to the offending machine? > > Bruce > dr bruce k (no spaces in the userid) at Yah who dot com Thanks very much Steve, but this is exactly the "solution"
I was posing a question about. Microsoft is telling me to get rid of the files on the bad computer, copy the files from a good computer and install them on the bad. So my question remains, why in the world is there not a place online where I can simply get the good files? I suppose I'm missing something, but TCP/IP for Windows 2000 Professional seems pretty specific to me. Bruce >-----Original Message----- delete the winsock >See the link below and do method 1. Basically you first >keys from the registry and then uninstall and install tcp/ip. MS recommends >that you backup for winsock keys which is always best practice but if they Show quote >are already corrupt the point is moot. --- Steve > >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us% 3b817571 Method #1 of that article tells you how to repair the problem if you have
only one computer. -- Show quoteRichard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rghar***@gmail.com * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm <anonym***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:04e301c516e6$48b0c280$a401280a@phx.gbl... > Thanks very much Steve, but this is exactly the "solution" > I was posing a question about. Microsoft is telling me to > get rid of the files on the bad computer, copy the files > from a good computer and install them on the bad. > > So my question remains, why in the world is there not a > place online where I can simply get the good files? I > suppose I'm missing something, but TCP/IP for Windows 2000 > Professional seems pretty specific to me. > > Bruce > >>-----Original Message----- >>See the link below and do method 1. Basically you first > delete the winsock >>keys from the registry and then uninstall and install > tcp/ip. MS recommends >>that you backup for winsock keys which is always best > practice but if they >>are already corrupt the point is moot. --- Steve >> >>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us% > 3b817571 Method 1 says to simply delete those registry entries and then the uninstall
and reinstall of tcp/ip will replace them. --- Steve <anonym***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message Show quote news:04e301c516e6$48b0c280$a401280a@phx.gbl... > Thanks very much Steve, but this is exactly the "solution" > I was posing a question about. Microsoft is telling me to > get rid of the files on the bad computer, copy the files > from a good computer and install them on the bad. > > So my question remains, why in the world is there not a > place online where I can simply get the good files? I > suppose I'm missing something, but TCP/IP for Windows 2000 > Professional seems pretty specific to me. > > Bruce > >>-----Original Message----- >>See the link below and do method 1. Basically you first > delete the winsock >>keys from the registry and then uninstall and install > tcp/ip. MS recommends >>that you backup for winsock keys which is always best > practice but if they >>are already corrupt the point is moot. --- Steve >> >>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us% > 3b817571  |
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