When Nothing Else Seems to Fix Your Network and Internet Connection Try Winsock XP Fix
Posted by: Barry Cleave in Portable Freeware, tags: Freeware, Independent Review, Network Repair, PenDrive, Portable Freeware, Portable Freeware Portable Application, PortableApps, Pro Reviewer, Programs, Registry Repair, Software, TCP/IP Winsock Repair, Utilities, Windows, Windows XP
What’s This About?
Winsock XP Fix is a tiny utility whose only purpose is to simply repair Winsock and TCP/IP errors from errors or corruption of the registry, etc. It also makes use of the Freeware ERDNT Registry Backup Program so that you can make a backup copy of the registry before changes are made.
Why Would You Want It?
Sometimes things just get messed up for no obvious reason, there are many reasons corruption of files and settings can occur. It may be a power failure or spike, a hardware malfunction or the action of some malware,virus or spyware. Maybe TCP/IP and Winsock settings are changed by mistake on the users part or installation/removal of software causes a problem. Firewall software may change settings or some sort of utility that needs proxy settings to work. The removal of Adware is a very common cause of these sort of problems. Whatever the cause it can be very difficult and time consuming to try and manually sort out the registry settings.
Winsock XP Fix provides a very simple and easy to use solution to the problem. It provides the means to backup the registry although, personally, I would prefer to create a Restore Point in Windows before applying.
So if you have Internet or Local Area Network Connection problems WinSock XP Fix is well worth a try
but create a Restore Point or backup your registry first
What Does It Do - The Essentials?
Summary:
- Repairs Winsock and TCP/IP Registry Settings
- Provides Registry Backup Facilities
- Gives Access to System Information Dialogs
Pros: What’s Good?
Features & Benefits
- Freeware
- Portable (Single executable file)
- Easy to Use
- Registry Backup Option
Cons:What’s Not So Good?
- No Longer Supported or Developed
- Developers Website no longer active
of instructions available for a shareware product but it would be unfair to provide a link to these from a page reviewing a “competing” freeware product
More About What it Does in Detail:
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October 19th, 2008 at 4:37 pm - Edit
fixing winsock will be the very last effort. avoid messing with the system files whenever possible
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October 19th, 2008 at 8:12 pm - Edit
Hi Acakadut,
Thanks for your comment and I agree that anyone should be very careful about “messing” with the system, whether it’s files, registry settings or information held in memory. There are lots of programs which may do this in a way that does not use standard MS system calls/functions which may be dangerous to system stability.
However, there are also lots of programs that simply provide a nice GUI to system calls or DOS commands which are perfectly safe to use. I don’t know if Winsock XP Fix is one of these but it has been around for quite a while and seems to do the job needed without a lot of bad reports on the internet.
System admins will use scripts of DOS commands that do what Winsock XP Fix does so I reckon that if you don’t want to use it try the scripts or the individual DOS commands.
Regards,
Barry Cleave
November 23rd, 2008 at 11:30 am - Edit
Hello .. I am system admin also and finally i want to say you that Winsock is a specification that is used in Windows and it determines how network applications communicate with network services, such as TCP/IP.
December 20th, 2008 at 6:41 am - Edit
Oh that’s great it will help people, to use anti virus without any problem’s. I am utilizing the http://www.search-and-destroy.com it is also best in his field removes virus easily and helps you to download whatever you want at good speed and with safety.
Thank You.
January 26th, 2009 at 6:24 pm - Edit
Thanks for the article. Just like the previous commenter I use search-and-destroy and find it very helpful.
February 18th, 2009 at 4:40 pm - Edit
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April 4th, 2009 at 7:13 am - Edit
Do you know if there is a similar tool for windows vista?
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April 6th, 2009 at 6:31 pm - Edit
I am sure the owner of this blog has make a lot of effort in order to make this useful post for visitor reading. Indeed this is a good effort and i really appreciate that. I will be coming here again in a while to look more info and to find out more news.
April 8th, 2009 at 4:50 pm - Edit
Thanks for your comment and I agree that anyone should be very careful about “messing” with the system, whether it’s files, registry settings or information held in memory. There are lots of programs which may do this in a way that does not use standard MS system calls/functions which may be dangerous to system stability.
April 9th, 2009 at 3:05 pm - Edit
What a great article. it is really helpful to people, to use anti virus without any problem.y. There are lots of programs which may do this in a way that does not use standard MS system calls/functions which may be dangerous to system stability.
April 9th, 2009 at 3:07 pm - Edit
What a great article. it is really helpful to people, to use anti virus without any problem. There are lots of programs which may do this in a way that does not use standard MS system calls/functions which may be dangerous to system stability.
April 14th, 2009 at 9:48 am - Edit
It’s really a good effort and i really appreciate it… Everyone should be very careful about “messing” with the system, whether it’s files, registry settings.. The removal of Adware is a very common cause of these sort of problems…
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April 15th, 2009 at 8:14 pm - Edit
I would want it.
April 19th, 2009 at 8:13 am - Edit
Nice post…Winsock XP Fix is a tiny utility whose only purpose is to simply repair Winsock and TCP/IP errors from errors or corruption of the registry, etc. It also makes use of the Freeware ERDNT Registry Backup Program so that you can make a backup copy of the registry before changes are made.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:31 pm - Edit
Actually, Option^Explicit used to fix internet connectivity issues… and they were the origin part for winsock XP Fixing problem.. I too seen the errors such as Page cannot be displayed may occur when using Internet Explorer. but this were finally resolve by Winsock.. but now am using firfox and which have lessen this type of errors.. thou sometime technically required to go with PC connectivity and IP setups which just made easy to avoid the errors.
April 25th, 2009 at 11:12 am - Edit
Awesome tool.. Due to a virus outbreak (Sasser, backdoor.rbt, spyware, etc..) my local network access would not function, even after removing the offending software. I would always receive a network error immediately when trying to access any other machine. This tool repaired the damage done to the network configuration perfectly! Wonderful tool!
April 28th, 2009 at 7:38 am - Edit
Winsock XP Fix provides a very simple and easy to use solution to the problem. It provides the means to backup the registry although, personally, I would prefer to create a Restore Point in Windows before applying. I would always receive a network error immediately when trying to access any other machine
April 29th, 2009 at 8:04 am - Edit
Registry cleaning is usually not enough, try performing at least the following steps:
1. Clean up registry (you can do it with free auslogics regcleaner)
2. Defragment registry (to reduce its size by removign gaps from step 1)
3. Clean disks (remove junk files)
4. Defrag disks (very importnat step - use either Auslogics Disk Defrag or Defraggler)
This should give your PC a boost!
April 29th, 2009 at 8:15 am - Edit
I am sure the owner of this blog has make a lot of effort in order to make this useful post for visitor reading. Indeed this is a good effort and i really appreciate that. It is really helpful to people, to use anti virus without any problem.
May 3rd, 2009 at 10:37 am - Edit
Winsock XP Fix provides a very simple.It has backup facility to registry although, personally, It is very useful and similar to antivirus…I have been looking for such a nice product ,i got it….Thanks..
May 7th, 2009 at 8:49 am - Edit
It’s a freeware,just hope it supports windows 7 since xp will be retired soon
May 7th, 2009 at 3:56 pm - Edit
It is nice and i have been searching for this product..Winsock XP Fix is a tiny utility whose only purpose is to simply repair Winsock and TCP/IP errors from errors or corruption of the registry…It also maintain data backup….Thanks for this nice product…
May 9th, 2009 at 4:30 pm - Edit
There are lots of programs which may do this in a way that does not use standard MS system calls/functions which may be dangerous to system stability. I would prefer to create a Restore Point in Windows before applying. I would always receive a network error immediately when trying to access any other machine.
May 9th, 2009 at 8:01 pm - Edit
Thanks,
I want to say very thank you for this great informations. now i understand about it.
May 20th, 2009 at 10:29 am - Edit
Hey this is something great to know about Winsock XP…It handles power failure error , which is the most irritating error and i will loses all my data…Thank God!!!Things won’t happen after using Winsock XP…I can enjoy my local area network without any disturbances….Thanks a lot!!!!!
May 20th, 2009 at 10:36 am - Edit
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May 24th, 2009 at 7:13 am - Edit
Indeed this is a good effort and i really appreciate that. It is really helpful to people, to use anti virus without any problem. It also makes use of the Freeware ERDNT Registry Backup Program so that you can make a backup copy of the registry before changes are made.
June 2nd, 2009 at 9:02 am - Edit
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June 18th, 2009 at 5:03 pm - Edit
Thanks for the post,
I will the program and let you know if it worked for me.
Regards,
Jason Tapety
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June 21st, 2009 at 3:35 am - Edit
Hi,
What if I use windows Vista? Will XP Fix work on it?
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June 27th, 2009 at 11:31 am - Edit
Great post and thank you sir
June 28th, 2009 at 2:31 pm - Edit
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July 2nd, 2009 at 6:31 pm - Edit
Hi,
Winsock XP Fix looks like a good tool!
Will downloaded it, try it.
Cheers for sharing and keep up good posts!
Regards,
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July 2nd, 2009 at 6:55 pm - Edit
Hi,
Winsock XP Fix! Finally!
You can find lots of programs out there but I recon this one is one of the best.
I will try it.
Thanks for sharing.
Regards,
Molly