From: John Cuccia 

Here's one version:

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Network-Tweak/WinSockFix.shtml
WinSockFix 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.

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:06:17 -0500, "Gary Britt"
 wrote:

>What does winsockfx do and where do you get it?  How do you know if you need
>it?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Gary
>
>"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>news:7r89n1l0hbepm1unnd7rkj9ptp0ct8m5nj{at}4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:07:42 -0800, Jeff Shultz
>>  wrote:
>>
>> >I ran AVG, Spybot, Ad-Aware and winsockfix.exe - nada. I did discover
>that
>> >I could recover without rebooting by disabling and re-enabling the lan
>> >connection.
>>
>> Sure sounds like something that winsockfx would have fixed.
>>
>> Tried a new NIC?
>

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