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How to fix Winsock problems on Windows 98

 

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1.  Backup your registry.  To do this, go to START and click on RUN.  Then type in REGEDIT.

2.  Select MY COMPUTER.  Click on FILE, then choose EXPORT.  Save the backup registry file to the desktop.

 

 

7.  Now we need to delete WINSOCK and WINSOCK2.  To do this, double-click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Then SYSTEM.  Then CURRENTCONTROLSET.  Finally SERVICES.  Right click on WINSOCK and click DELETE.  Do the same thing for WINSOCK2.

 

 

8.  Now we need to re-install TCP/IP.  To do this, go to START and then the CONTROL PANEL.  Double-click on NETWORK CONNECTIONS.  Right click on the Network Connection, and select PROPERTIES.  Then click INSTALL, select PROTOCOL and click ADD.

 

 

9.  Click on HAVE DISK.  Replace A:\ with C:\WINDOWS\INF and click OK. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click OK.  Click OK/Close to get out of the LAN Properties.  Restart Windows.

 

 

Last updated: 11/19/2004