TCP/IP Problems

Whenever I enter the command "ipconfig /renew", I keep
getting the following message:

An error occurred while renewing interface local area
connection: an operation was attempted on something that
is not a socket.

This is preventing me from seeing my DSL router.

Does anyone have any idea how to correct? Am using Windows
XP Pro.

Thnkas in advance.

I have traced several of these problems to improperly configured winsock
LSPs. Run "winmsd" and go to Components/Network/Protocol. Look at the
names in the list, anything with "MSAFD" in it or the "RSVP xxx Service
Provider" should be fine. Anything else is suspect, and uninstalling the
owning program might help.

If that fails or your provider list is empty, you may need to rebuild the
catalog from scratch. The following instructions will rebuild your catalog
for TCP/IP. If you are using any other transports (If you don't know, then
you probably aren't) then you will have to reinstall them as well.


1. Backup and delete the following registry keys

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Winsock
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Winsock2

2. Reboot

3. Go to the network connections folder, right click the icon for your
network connection, and select properties.

4. Click install, choose "protocol", and click "add..."

5. Click "Have Disk...", enter "\windows\inf", click OK

6. Select "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), click OK

7. When the process in complete, reboot



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Ken Wickes [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Norm" wrote in message
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Whenever I enter the command "ipconfig /renew", I keep
getting the following message:

An error occurred while renewing interface local area
connection: an operation was attempted on something that
is not a socket.

This is preventing me from seeing my DSL router.

Does anyone have any idea how to correct? Am using Windows
XP Pro.

Thnkas in advance.