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Thread ID: 56668 2005-04-12 02:13:00 Virus ruined my internet connection? Elrepho (7789) Press F1
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343983 2005-04-12 02:54:00 You need to repair the winsock keys
You don't say what OS you have - the following is for XP only
Download and run WinSock XP Fix
www.snapfiles.com

Or do it manually

Reinstall of the TCP/IP protocol to restore Winsock functionality

Step 1: Delete registry keys

A) Open Regedit from the Run line
B) Go to both of the following keys, export each of them, and then delete them:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Winsock *and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Winsock2
C) Restart the computer

NOTE: It is important to restart the computer after deleting the Winsock keys. *
Doing so causes the XP operating system to recreate shell entries for those two
keys. *If this is not done, the next step does not work correctly.

Step 2: Install TCP/IP on top of itself

A) Open the properties window of the network connection
B) Click Install
C) Click Protocol, then Add
D) Click Have Disk
E) Type the path to the nettcpip.inf file, for example: c:\windows\inf, and click
OK (if you try to click Browse, then browse to the \inf folder, it may not show up
in the list).
F) You should now see "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" in the list of available
protocols. *Select it and click OK.
G) Restart the computer

When the computer reboots you will have functional Winsock keys.
Safari (3993)
343984 2005-04-12 02:55:00 Restarting seemed to do the trick! my internet is back up and running! Thank you all for all your help and such fast replies! Elrepho (7789)
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