Re: Unable to delete winsock2

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From: Ken Wickes [MSFT] (kenwic_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/20/04 

Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:19:14 -0700

I wonder if your registry is somehow corrupted. A format/reinstall might
not be a bad idea. 

-- 
Ken Wickes [MSFT]
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"jferenczems@aol.com" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:25ce01c48651$ca44dc80$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Well gentlemen,
> Thanks for your help on this ; unfortunately lspfix will
> not run---I get an error message that says "catalog entry
> 5 is missing data"Duh I know that!!.
> Guess I'll have to do the dreaded format c:/u.
> end
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Joe Ferencz wrote:
> >> Thanks Allan:
> >> I did try the netsh rebuild and it had no effect. I
> must
> >> have a corrupt winsock2 key in the backup registry and
> >> from the original instal of win xp although I don't
> have
> >> a clue as to how that happened as I have been using the
> >> system in the past.
> >> I will try the spychecker program though... Thanks
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> Hi, Joe -
> >>>
> >>> Last week I removed a piece of spyware that pretty
> much
> >>> destroyed my TCP-IP stack when I removed the nasty
> little
> >>> program.
> >>>
> >>> The first thing I tried was using netsh to rebuild the
> >>> stack - I'd try that first.  Log on as an
> administrator,
> >>> open a command prompt window and type the following:
> >>>
> >>> netsh int ip reset c:\reset.txt
> >>>
> >>> then smack the enter key.  This will rebuild the TCP-
> IP
> >>> stack with default values and write the results to a
> file
> >>> called 'reset.txt' in the root of your c: drive.
> >>>
> >>> If this doesn't work (and it didn't for me this time
> but
> >>> has before) the only other advice I can offer is to
> >>> download a utility to rebuild the stack like
> >>> winsockxpfix - it's a free utility you can get from
> >>>
> >>> http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
> >>>
> >>> and it fixed my busted machine - saved me from
> formatting
> >>> the drive.
> >>>
> >>> Hope this helps -
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> I use Win XP pro and a Dell 2350. I am unable to
> connect
> >>>> to the internet using IE6.0 or dial up AOL.
> >>>> So far I have narrowed the problem to not being able
> to
> >>>> delete the winsock2 key. In following the MSKB
> article
> >>>> 811259 'How to determine and recover from winsock2
> >>>> corruption' I can delete the winsock key but each
> time I
> >>>> try to delete the winsock2 key I get an error
> >>>> message 'unable to delete key'. In comparing the
> winsock2
> >>>> key values between a known good system I see catalog
> 5
> >>>> and 9 entries on the corrupted winsock2 missing. I
> have
> >>>> tried to rename the key. I have tried to import a
> known
> >>>> good key using 'repair'. Permissions are the same
> for the
> >>>> corrupted key and a known good key. I set up another
> user
> >>>> with admin permission and still have the same
> problem.
> >>>> Dells answer is to reformat and reinstall OS. I don't
> >>>> want to reinstall all my apps if I can avoid it. I am
> >>>> about ready to do the dreaded 'format c:\u'unless
> someone
> >>>> has a nifty idea. This problem I have doesn't show
> up on
> >>>> any of the MB I've scanned.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> .
> >>>>
> >>> .
> >
> >Google for these two apps: lspfix.exe and
> winsockxpfix.exe.  Run both in
> >default mode.  Once or the other will fix the problem,
> hopefully.
> >
> >Q
> >
> >
> >.
> >
>

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