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 XPMore About What it Does in Detail:
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WinSock XP Fix
fix XP internet connectivity
Our Rating:
(Good)
WinSock XP Fix offers a last resort if your Internet connectivity has been corrupted due to invalid or removed registry entries. It can often cure the problem of lost connections after the removal of Adware components or improper uninstall of firewall applications or other tools that modify the XP network and Winsock settings. If you encounter connection problems after removing network related software, Adware or after registry clean-up; and all other ways fail, then give WinSock XP Fix a try. It can create a registry backup of your current settings, so it is fairly safe to use. We actually tested it on a test machine that was having a Winsock problem due to some Adware removal, and after running the utility and rebooting, the connectivity was restored.
Having installed Winsock Fix XP the following screens and menus are provided:
This review will follow the usual format of presenting the majority of information as screenshots backed up by further information where necessary.
(click on any picture to enlarge where necessary)
Main Window
A very simple Window with just 3 buttons:
ReG-Backup Button
Opens the registry backup utility ERDNT
Clicking OK starts the backup process
Here you can choose the backup directory and the registry sections to backup
Personally I prefer to set a System Restore Point
When the backup is complete you see the following message.
As you can see you just need to go to the ERDNT folder and run the ERDNT.EXE program:
Fix Button
Clicking on the fix button displays the following window:
Clicking on the Yes Button runs the program and resets the registry entries to defaults.
N.B. If you have set a manual IP address under TCP/IP settings this will be reset to the default “Obtain an IP Address automatically” in which case you will need to reset this after rebooting using the Internet Protocol settings window in the Local Area Connection Status dialog which is accessed from the Control Panel Network Connections applet.
When the Winsock XP Fix program has completed updating the registry the reboot dialog is displayed:
You can click Cancel if you want to reboot later.
About Button
This displays information about what the program does which I have reproduced here for those of you who may be interested.
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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
Acakaduts last blog post..encyclopedia of life
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.
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.
April 4th, 2009 at 7:13 am - Edit
Do you know if there is a similar tool for windows vista?
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…
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!
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 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.
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,
Matt Kolorowanki,
Illustrator
July 17th, 2009 at 2:14 pm - Edit
hmmm nice blog nowadays more and more programmer are publishing different programs which may do this in a way that does not use standard MS system calls/functions which may be dangerous to system stability. but now am using Firefox 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. Better introduce these type of software to the people and people will also like more thank you!!!!
July 21st, 2009 at 8:06 am - Edit
Most of the Internet connectivity problems arise out of corrupt Winsock settings… You will be able connect to the Internet, but the packets won’t transfer back and forth… This article lists the methods to reset/repair the Winsock configuration to defaults….
September 13th, 2009 at 6:40 am - Edit
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Proxies are scanned hourly to ensure that they are working!
September 16th, 2009 at 7:12 pm - Edit
Winsock XP Fix
I was waiting for it will try it!
September 16th, 2009 at 7:14 pm - Edit
Its good that with vista there is no problem witn connection any more…
.-= Bart´s last blog ..streszczenie Ani z zielonego wzgórza =-.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:23 pm - Edit
Great, thanks for that idea. Next time my internet goes out I’ll do that instead of wasting my time with at&t on the phone. Since you shared that with me, here’s a bit of advice. Get a for those times you might be hot on the go.
November 7th, 2009 at 3:26 am - 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…