note, this works for w2k and xp
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Browse All TopicsHi, wife ran Adware, had three problems, and corrected them. This morning she went to sign in her password and the macaffee scan said she needed winsox2, click here to take you to the url to download winsox2. Clicking it opens internet explorer and (page not found). restarted, and now can not sign in as admin on the sign on page. (Did you forget your password.) Went to safemode, found a keyboard error. I need instructions to correct this winsox error and to be able to sign in on the sign on page. Thanks d_may
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Greetings, d_may !
Here is a manual instructions for resetting your winsock and TCP/IP connection.
01. Use Regedit.exe to navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\
02. Export the Winsock key to a Winsock.reg file, to save it.
03. Delete the Winsock key.
04. Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\
05. Export the Winsock2 key to a Winsock2.reg file, to save it.
06. Delete the Winsock2 key.
07. Exit Regedit.exe.
08. Control Panel / Network and Dial-up Connections.
09. Right-click Local Area Connection and press Properties.
10. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and press Uninstall.
11. After uninstalling TCP/IP, shutdown and restart your computer.
12. If TCP/IP is NOT automatically re-installed, use Control Panel / Network and Dial-up Connections.
13. Right-click Local Area Connection and press Properties.
14. Press Install.
15. Press Protocol / Add.
16. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) under Network Protocol, possibly under Microsoft, and press OK.
17. After the TCP/IP install, power off and power on your external modem, or shutdown and restart your computer.
Cheers!
Here is how to fiind the administrative password
Administrator Password Recovery
http://www.petri.co.il/for
or
http://www.worldstart.com/
Revelations, I can sign into the computer (sorry)
I 'vestarted on War1 manual instructions for resetting winsock and TCP/IP connections and did not finish. I saved the Winsox key to a winsox.reg file and placed in my documents Then I delected the winsock file from the reg.
Also with the winsock2 file
That is where I get mixed up.
Now the network is no longer looking it is yellow triangle.
My wife is going to kill me for thinking I could even attempt this.
HELP!
Did you fix the winsock? RevelationsCS posted a winsock fix. Here is another one
http://downloads.subratam.
You can sign in now. Can you access the internet?
Dear War 1,
No I have not had a chance to complete the winsox fix.
I can sign in, but the network is all messed up.
I deleted the winsox fix after saving the reg file to my documents.
I am asking these questions from my computer not hers. She can not connect to the internet.
Winsox and winsox2 deleted from the reg
d_may
08. Control Panel / Network and Dial-up Connections.
09. Right-click Local Area Connection and press Properties.
10. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and press Uninstall.
11. After uninstalling TCP/IP, shutdown and restart your computer.
12. If TCP/IP is NOT automatically re-installed, use Control Panel / Network and Dial-up Connections.
13. Right-click Local Area Connection and press Properties.
14. Press Install.
15. Press Protocol / Add.
16. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) under Network Protocol, possibly under Microsoft, and press OK.
17. After the TCP/IP install, power off and power on your external modem, or shutdown and restart your computer.
This is what I left to do: d_may
This winsock fix would reset the TCP/IP part that you did not finish, and it will do it automatically.
http://downloads.subratam.
When turning on the wife's computer, I see no icons, (slow) turnning off and restarting in f8 last good know configuation.
fails, system restor doesn't work.(it's on)slow unresponsive. with the two keys to winsox and winsox2 removed, I am also getting run.dll errors, or missing. Wife doesn't want to take computer to shop, she wants him to come to the house.
could not run the winsoxFix floppy cause could not even get that far. Wanted to do a repair , but will have to make a slip disc contanting sp2. HELP!
d_may
d_may,
Glad the computer is fixed. You need to request a refund at the Community Spport forum with a link back to this question.
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by: RevelationCSPosted on 2005-07-21 at 12:22:39ID: 14496423
only thing I can think of that you are referring to based on the above information
program/wi nsockxpfix .html
http://www.spychecker.com/