DHCP trouble again

Hi All,

I seem to be unable to resolve my DHCP trouble even after doing most suggestions from this board and other sites found on the net.

So the setup:

I have 2 WinXp pro, and 1 Win Xp Home, the two WinXp pro have no troubel connecting to the net bla bla bla... the Xp home one, was fine until last week ever since I have been trying different stuff but nothing works.

When I do a ipconfig /all I had the invalid address of 169.255.XXX.XXX, so I set a static ip to have an idea of what I have to fix. I was able to ping between all three machines, but when I tried to ping www.windowsbbs.com with the WinXp Home, it was unable to get on the web, but the other two have no trouble at all, because I'm using them to post

Before I set the static ip on the bad computer I was unable to execute the command ipconfig /renew, I got the message saying that it was tried on something other than a socket.

I'm lost, want to fix the trouble, because well he he my GF will be very nice to me after

CheGueVerra

 

Hi CheGueVerra, please see the following MS KB Article.

You receive an "An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket" error message when you try to connect to a network
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;817571

FYI, there is a new netsh command in Service Pack 2 that can reset the Winsock catalog to the default configuration. Open the command prompt and type the following line and press ENTER. Then reboot your machine.

netsh winsock reset catalog

 

Thanks for the link, I thought it was something she installed but I didn't want to accuse her of anything, and then be dead wrong ....

I'll give that a try this weekend, keep everyone posted if the issue was resolved

CheGueVerra

 

Thanks it's fixed

I'm happy to report that I have fixed the trouble, well in fact the link to the MS KB was the most usefull link that I was giving in my search.

I exported the winsock/winsock2 branches of the registry of a working computer on a floppy then I went on the computer that had trouble erased the same branches as the one copied, and imported the branches from the floppy, rebooted .. bang .. dhcp working again.

I noticed though that the computer was infested with spyware adware and all sort of things creating desktop shortcuts, I suspect that the origine of the problem is from all those 3rd party (harmware).

I've started cleaning up, any suggestions for a free adware spyware detector, I use bazooka, is there something better?

CheGueVerra

 

The problem could be that some infected spyware damaged the winsock keys in the first place. Spyware has many techniques to operate on a computer so a variety of tools are need to help identify and remove.

Start by visiting the stick 'Welcome' posted by Lonny Jones in the Removing Spyware & Viruses forum.
http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=37074

Downloading each of the following additional free tools. These are the tools that I recommend.

1. AdAware http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
2. CWShredder http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html
3. HijackThis http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3155

Then run HijackThis scan. Do NOT make any changes immediately. Save the HJT Log. Run HiJackThis and post to the Security & Viruses forum here at WindowsBBS.com. Have your HJT log interpreted by one of the experts in that forum.

If removal of any spyware affects your ability to access the internet or network, then this may have damaged your Winsock keys. Follow the procedure above to fix it.

Next, harden your browser. These websites which will check for vulnerabilities.

1. http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/BrowserSecurity/
2. http://bcheck.scanit.be/bcheck/

SpywareBlaster will add sites to the restricted zone that is considered unsafe. This will block known dangerous scripts from installing. Download the tool from here and block possibly dangerous websites with a Hosts file.

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Just as a little reminder, make sure you've protected yourself against the latest security issues by visiting WindowsUpdate frequently and installing the security patches:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

 

Well the first step I took was to install FireFox and delete all links to IE, that should help reduce the spyware infection going through the IE holes.

I will go on and continue my journey to that board thanks again for the help

CheGueVerra