From: "Gary Britt" 

THANKS!!!

Everyone here is great (except sometimes in Barktopus forum )

Gary

"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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> 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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