windows 98 winsock restore

I apparently have bad winsock files. I can connect to my isp but not to the internet. My computer came with the files installed on it, therefore I don't have a setup disc. I need new windows 98 winsock files or something to fix mine. Help, thanks....

 

Hi sammyzoo
Welcome to the boards. A little light on the information.....but is this what you're looking for?

Daizy

 

The program sounds like what i need, but the computer that needs the fix cannot connect to the internet. I need something that I can save to disc from this computer and apply to the other one.

 

Then why not save it to floppy? It's only 60kb?

Daizy

 

The procedure states that the dowload must go directly to the affected computer. I t cannot be saved to disc on one computer and then applied to another. Does anyone know if I could use a copy of the winsock files from the windows XP and put them on the windows 98 and have them run correctly? Thanks, sammyzoo

 

Really? Sorry about that. The way I read, it said it couldn't be run from the floppy. Not that it couldn't be copied from the floppy, put to desktop and run from there.

Daizy

*edit*
Perhaps try this one then?

 

THANKS SO MUCH YOU ARE A SAVIOR!!

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, I AM ON MY DAMAGED COMPUTER RIGHT NOW! THAT PROGRAM WORKED LIKE A CHARM, AND FROM THE INFORMATION THAT CAME WITH THE INSTALLATION I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT DOWNLOAD CAUSED THE BUG. I AM JUST SO GRATEFUL, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS THE INTERNET FROM THIS COMPUTER SINCE JULY OF 2002. I WILL RECOMMEND THIS WEB SITE TO ALL OF MY FRIEND AND FAMILY THAT EVER HAVE PROBLEMS. THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR HELP. GRATEFULLY, SAMMYZOO.

 

Welcome to the "best" the WindowsBBS!

I are a poet! LOL! I make slogans and don't even know it! LOL!

Sammy let others know what caused this so they can beware.

Also either program could be downloaded and copied to a floppy very small files. Even from the Desktop they can be copied. Smile.

Mike

 

Congratulations sammyzoo
Glad you got it resolved. May be time to do some housecleaning and run Ad-aware to clean out any spyware?

Daizy

 

BAD FILES....

WHEN I DOWWNLOADED A KAZAA MEDIA PLAYER, THERE WAS A PROMPT ASKING IF I ALSO WANTED NEWDOT DOWNLOADED ALSO THERE WAS A DEFAULT "YES" AND I LEFT IT. IT WAS THAT "NEWDOT" PROGRAM THAT CAUSED ALL MY GRIEF. WHENEVER I REBOOT MY SYSTEM, I HAVE ALWAYS HAD AN ERROR STATING "CANNOT FIND PROGRAM NEWDOT, NEWDOT.DOT.DLL. I COULD NEVER FIND ANY PROGRAMS USING THAT FILE, OR FIND THE FILE DURING A SEARCH, SO I COULD NEVER DELETE IT. I DIDN'T GET THAT MESSAGE AFTER I REBOOTED AFTER RUNNING THE WINSOCK RESTORE PROGRAM......IT'S FINALLY GONE!!

 

Sammyzoo? Please tap on your Caps key? You're typing in all capitals, and it gives the appearance that you are upset.

Download and run the link I posted above. I'd bet dollars to donuts you've still got spyware that needs to be cleaned out.

Daizy

 

Sammy

You should run SpyBot http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=download

before Adaware. Run SpyBot twice select all it finds. Leave anything it will not remove after the 2nd run. Then run Adaware.

Because of the lack of updates of Adaware when Adaware tries to remove a newer version of "CommonName" it will kill the Winsock. This is what Sammy described above. In his case it was the manual remove that caused his problem. Unless he did in fact use Adaware which he did not mention.

When he tells us what it was it will be CommonName or NewDotNeT most likely. Adaware does not know how to properly remove these any longer and will disable Winsock.

ATTENTION EVERYONE USING ADAWARE! See this thread!

http://windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=64854#post64854

And my reccomendations is currently the last post!

Mike

 

Uh Oh

We crossed in the mail!

See what I mean!

Sammy abort the Kazaa. and get the Kazaa lite it has no baddies attached.

Now for sure you need to do the SpyBot Adaware!

I will post a link is a minute when I find it.

Mike

 

Here is KazaaLite

http://www.kazaalite.nl/downloads.htm

Daizy not only doe he need it, he is installing spy/adware right now! LOL!

Mike


EDIT:

Oh I see now whee. You are not doing this now but informing us of how it occured originally.

Good!

I told you it would be CommonName or NewDotNet!!! Hee heee!

 

Review Sammy

First Spybot twice
2nd Adaware


Then install Kaza Lite. It is clean.

Mike

 

I cannot connect to the internet using explorer 5 on 98SE. I had a wireless broadband connection and got rid of it for a wired connection. I uninstalled the old software and now have a wired connection with router up front. I can ping the router from the run command but cannot get a connection through the browser and yes the browser connection settings are correct, could winsoc be the problem or is it just used for dialup. any suggestions??

 

No the winsock is for any connection.

It will hurt nothing to repair it.

BUT!!!!

If you are sure the settings are correct do this. Ping your ISP's DNS, there are 2 a primary and a secondary. If you can not ping them then you do not have the settings correct.

this way

Test for yahoo

command prompt

ping yahoo.com

should get 3 sucessful replys

ping 66.218.71.198

should still get replys from yahoo

now try your dns

Mike

 

Iremoved and reinstalled winsoc and it cured the problem. I believe the program that caused the problem was Intel Anypoint wireless network uninstall. Thank you for your help