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Urgent: Windows 2000 Networking died?!??!

My laptop's networking support died! I reset the latptop shortly after I got home from a trip. I have it pluged into my hub with an Ethernet calbe, but it still doens't work. Nothing works. I can't even get DHCP or ping to work?!?!?! How do I fix it? It must be a software problem. I tried removing the WLAN card and putting it in another computer and it works. Its almost as if the IP Networking support just died on this laptop....

Help!

Thank you for your time,
Arrummzen

Arrummzen

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Im getting Interface is unpluged and interface is not a socket type messages. The interface is pluged in.

Thank you for your time,
Arrummzen

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chad

you might also want to check your cable. have your tried more than one cable?

oBdA

kabaam's article is for Windows XP only, this won't work on W2k. Check if those articles apply:

Error Message When You Try to Connect to Network: An Operation Was Attempted on Something That Is Not a Socket
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=817571

How to Remove and Reinstall TCP/IP for Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=285034

chad

oBda,
good catch, thanks for pointing it out :-)

parkerig

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20949315/Trouble-with-IP-address.html

has similar problem.

kabaam - Thanks for url to tcp stack reinstall. Couldn't remeber where it was. I added your comment to that post.

Arrummzen

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reset winsock
http://members.shaw.ca/techcd/WinsockXPFix.exe

That worked.

Thank you for your time,
Arrummzen

chad

sweet, I am glad it worked for you... those are all tools that I keep very handy.