Follow these steps to repair Winsock so you can get on the Internet again.
Go to Start>Run, type in: netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt
Restart your computer and you're done.
Follow the steps below if you have XP SP2 (this only works on windows XP SP2 and later
Go to regedit.
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Services
Click on Winsock and Delete.
Click on Winsock2 and Delete.
Close registry.
Restart your computer
Go to properties of Local Area Connection
Click on the Install button in the Properties window
Choose PROTOCOL, then click on ADD button.
Click on HAVE DISK button...
Type in C:\windows\inf\nettcpip.inf in the dialog box and click OK.
Choose from the list INTERNET PROTOCOL TCP/IP in the list, and click OK.
Click CLOSE.
Reboot your computer.At this point the Winsock is complete however to not only prevent this problem from happening in the future but also to make the process a lot easier you should update Windows.
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