Re: Uninstall and Reinstall TCP/IP?

From: Will Denny (willdenny_at_mvps.org)
Date: 12/02/04 

Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 12:20:52 -0000

Hi

Not sure what the 'MCP' means, but it 'could' be this:

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcpmembersite.asp

Unfortunately by itself, it doesn't mean a lot - sorry!! 

-- 
Will Denny
MS-MVP - Windows Shell/User
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"RJ" <jackbobNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:eoIP8hG2EHA.1124@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>I think you are referring to the procedure below.  As far as uninstalling 
>TCP/IP,
> you cannot actually remove it, or so I've found out.
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> How to Recover from Winsock2 corruption
>
> To resolve this issue, delete the corrupted registry keys, and then 
> reinstall the TCP/IP protocol.
>
> Step 1: Delete the corrupted registry keys
>
>      1.
>     Click Start, and then click Run.
>
>      2.
>     In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
>
>      3.
>     In Registry Editor, locate the following keys, right-click each key, 
> and then click Delete:
>
>      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock
>
>      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2
>
>      4.
>     When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.
>
>
> Note Restart the computer after you delete the Winsock keys. Doing so 
> causes the Windows XP
> operating system to create new shell entries for those two keys. If you do 
> not restart the computer
> after you delete the Winsock keys, the next step does not work correctly.
>
> Step 2: Install TCP/IP
>
>      1.
>     Right-click the network connection, and then click Properties.
>
>      2.
>     Click Install.
>
>      3.
>     Click Protocol, and then click Add.
>
>      4.
>     Click Have Disk.
>
>      5.
>     Type C:\Windows\inf, and then click OK.
>
>      6.
>     On the list of available protocols, click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), 
> and then click OK.
>
>      7.
>     Restart the computer.
>
>
>
>
> "Mitch Garvis, MCP" <MitchGarvisMCP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in 
> message
> news:067B11EF-E0AD-4AFF-9CF0-954DC0DDDB75@microsoft.com...
>> Hey RJ,
>>
>> Remember that before you start playing in the registry, BACK IT UP!!! We 
>> do
>> not want you making a mistake and not be able to recover!
>>
>> What you have to do is remove the TCP/IP protocol from all of your 
>> network
>> adapters.  Then you have to go into the registry and remove all instances 
>> of
>> Winsock2.  Once that's done you should be able to reinstall TCP/IP, and 
>> it
>> should work properly.
>>
>> Let me know if this helps at all!
>>
>> Mitch
>>
>> "RJ" wrote:
>>
>> > Thanks.  Please do.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Mitch Garvis, MCP" <MitchGarvisMCP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in 
>> > message
>> > news:636981CC-30F0-4F6B-A57B-D64BC62E9515@microsoft.com...
>> > > Hi RJ,
>> > >
>> > > You can uninstall TCP/IP, but I am hesitant to tell an end-user to go
>> > > playing in the registry.  Please let me know if this is something you 
>> > > are
>> > > comfortable with, and I will guide you through it.
>> > >
>> > > Mitch
>> > >
>> > > "RJ" wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > We recently had a WinXP Pro PC that was having weird
>> > > > network problems.  It would lose network connectivity,
>> > > > seemingly at random, and when you ran ipconfig from a command 
>> > > > prompt,
>> > > > it just returned the below, and nothing else.  Pinging 127.0.0.1 
>> > > > and
>> > > > all other ping tests failed.  Cabling was good, as was the switch 
>> > > > port.
>> > > > NIC was swapped.
>> > > >
>> > > > C:\>ipconfig
>> > > >
>> > > > Windows IP Configuration
>> > > >
>> > > > C:\>ipconfig
>> > > >
>> > > > I wanted to uninstall TCP/IP and reinstall the stack, thinking 
>> > > > there might
>> > > > be a problem with it, but I could find no way of doing this.  The 
>> > > > most I
>> > > > could do is uncheck it in network properties, but that does not 
>> > > > uninstall it.
>> > > >
>> > > > So, can you uninstall and reinstall TCP/IP in WinXP?
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
>

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