Repair and Reset Windows Vista TCP/IP Winsock Catalog Corruption
TCP/IP stack Winsock settings in Windows Vista may get corrupted, causing errors and problems with Internet connectivity. Corrupt Winsock or Windows sockets configuration can be due to a lot of reasons such as installation of a networking software, or due to virus, trojan or malware infection, or sometime even due to disinfection of spyware by security software.
When Winsock corrupts, the networking errors that you may face include unable to surf the Internet with “Page cannot be displayed” error message in Internet Explorer or AOL even though the DSL/ADSL/cable Internet connection is connected. Sometimes, Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service is terminated as well.
To repair and reset the Windows Vista
- Click on Start button.
- Type Cmd in the Start Search text box.
- Press Ctrl-Shift-Enter keyboard shortcut to run Command Prompt as Administrator. Allow elevation request.
- Type netsh winsock reset in the Command Prompt shell, and then press the Enter key.
- Restart the computer.
What netsh winsock reset command does are it resets Winsock Catalog to a clean state or default configuration. It removes all Winsock LSP (Layered Service Providers) previously installed, including the potential malfunctioned LSP that causes loss of network packets transmission failure. So all previously-installed LSPs must be reinstalled. This command does not affect Winsock Name Space Provider entries.
Note: To check which LSPs installed on your Vista system, use netsh winsock show catalog command.
It’s also possible to reset TCP/IP Internet Protocol stack.
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November 8th, 2009 05:50
thanks a lot. It really helped.
cheers
November 5th, 2009 16:51
Hi,
Have just tried your solution to fix a VERY slow internet, and its still just as slow, so back to the drawing board!
Thanks anyway though!
November 5th, 2009 03:43
Hi,
I had the same problem as mentioned above
and none of my browsers were working .
I had to struggle one day !
The given solution is great and works
for windows vista.
Just trust the solution and try if you
have problem with all your browsers.
Thanks ton to the solution provider.
October 16th, 2009 06:11
Thank you so much!
I have Windows Vista Home Premium 64bits and although my wireless said it was “connected”, it was not able to surf Internet, MSN, etc.
I did every process I found on the web, with no luck, until I found your post.
This command did the trick and now the connection is perfect
Thanks a lot!!!
October 4th, 2009 22:52
THANK YOU. This problem had been driving me mad, im so glad someone had the answer. Cheers m’dears
September 24th, 2009 20:12
Thanks man.. really helped !
cheers
September 17th, 2009 10:54
thank you.
September 11th, 2009 23:50
I have tried the winsock fix and the reset tcp/ip stack. Still unable to go to home page or access the internet. Any suggestions?
September 2nd, 2009 10:13
I LOOOOVE YOU! THIS WORKED SO WELLLLL.
August 21st, 2009 13:30
If you get the “requires elevation” message, find Command Prompt in Start > All Programs > Accessories; right-click and select Run As Administrator.
August 19th, 2009 03:29
I’m a little lost here…after typing Cmd into the search thing, I don’t have time to type ctrl-shift-enter. A black box just automatically pops up. I’m not sure if that is what’s supposed to happen, I’m not a computer genius or anything…
Is the black box the Command Prompt Shell?
August 16th, 2009 14:04
searched this for sister in law, cable company tried tellin her she would have to pay 200 dollars to get her “winsock” fixed. this did it free and in minutes!
August 8th, 2009 08:16
Hello, I’m a little bit lost here.. I dont know where to continue searching heres my issue:
I cant access internet from any Internet Based Software EXCEPT for IE7.
I mean I open Firefox and cant even access my Router HTTP frontend (192.168.1.1) and when I close any internet program (FF, WLM, Skype.. etc) The program closes and then a crash message pops-up and Windows alerts me that the program has been shut down to prevent data execution (DEP). But IE works “perfect” and donsent crash.
Does anyone know what’s all this about?
Im running Vista Ultimate x64 and connecting through a Modem+router setup.
Thanks in advance.
July 30th, 2009 11:39
Wow. this did it.. I had scanned the drive external with every known cleaner, was about to rebuild the drive , when I found this. My symptom looked like a DNS re-director. Thank you masked man..
July 29th, 2009 06:27
I had to post this. Before I found your fix I was about to destroy everything around me. Thank you so much. You are now one of my heroes right up there with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bear Grylls, and Christian Bale.
July 28th, 2009 07:04
Thank you!!! This fixed my problem after downloading some freeware antivirus software on a friend’s Vista laptop. You are a genius!
July 24th, 2009 00:59
I love u. this helped me soo much. fixed it instantly…!!
July 3rd, 2009 01:59
showing message “requested operation requires elevation”
what should i do
May 15th, 2009 04:31
You are fucking godly
May 8th, 2009 22:16
thanks a bundle dude. i was freaking out over this for a week. i downloaded some server software that messed up my connection and i could not get it back to normal.
This helped me bigtime =].
Very much appreciated
April 11th, 2009 03:35
This fix worked perfect and took only 5 minutes to complete. The only other thing I did was boot in Safe Mode first (press F8 at pc boot up and select boot in Safe Mode). I’m truely grateful you took the time to add this fix online – Thank you, God Bless!
I had been working on this issue for many hours prior to. My pc had all the noted symptoms and booted up slow as it was trying to start Windows Services that would not come up. Everything was a mess. These steps completed perfect and upon restart my pc came up as if someone turned a light on, truely amazing. thanks again, gg
April 9th, 2009 03:50
This post is great! It’s also taking something that isn’t very common knowledge and relating it in a way that’s easy for most users to understand. Great work.
Keep it up.
Cheers,
Ron
Windows Outreach Team
April 8th, 2009 09:52
Oh man!! You have no idea how badly you saved my life. I had preinstalled Vista machine; I installed a parental control software “Cybersitter”. The stupid software worked fine for a few weeks, then totally messed up my internet connectivity; which wouldn’t work even after uninstalling it. I’ve been looking for a simple yet effective solution for months now! Thanks a mil! I am going to post this link on some of the Cybersitter “help” sites.
Grateful.
March 5th, 2009 13:40
So much to read, so much wealth of good information, keep it up
February 18th, 2009 20:46
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February 12th, 2009 06:12
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January 30th, 2009 07:41
Thanks for this post, xbox live fun saver.
January 27th, 2009 11:49
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January 22nd, 2009 13:34
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January 14th, 2009 23:22
unabble to go online so restart system in safemode with networking but nogo & still not able to go online||169.254.178.212||did powercycle & uninstalled the network drivers but nogo||did system restore as cust was able to go online a week agao but that also didnt worked||
January 14th, 2009 01:53
guru !
Problem with a 3g connection wrecking my head. Only when I spotted a service not started that it directed me to a 10107.
Thanks!
January 9th, 2009 21:42
Thank you so much! – I really needed my pc in full working order today and a winsock issue was preventing this. I’ve been fiddling around with this problem for a couple of hours before I found this site and related advice. Again, thank you sincerely – you helped me no end!!
January 2nd, 2009 00:01
thanks a lot dude… This worked at last.
December 21st, 2008 08:27
Thank you very much, it worked!
I was going mad with this issue
December 16th, 2008 20:36
first mine netsh winsock reset didnt work had some dll problems but tried netsh run alone and then winsock and then reset worked and fixed issue 1747 and network problem also.
December 2nd, 2008 04:58
tried to install/connect my laptop with comcast high speed internet service via the lan connection. cannot find my ethernet card, and it returned with these error messages.
“Lan Area Network” does not have a valid IP configurations” although my ethernet cable is connected directly from the cable modem one end and the other to the laptop’s ethernet port. thanks
November 26th, 2008 05:35
thank you so much, this actually fixed my problem, i really appreciate your help!!!!
October 30th, 2008 16:13
[...] je vista gebruikt zit je met je connecties gelimiteerd via de pc die jij gebruikt, dit is makkelijk op te lossen.. Het fixen doet zowiezo niks fout, ik heb het ook voorgehad, connecties op 1000 gezet, en nu haal [...]
October 28th, 2008 10:41
My VISTA Ultimate computer would not start numerous services. I tried to start the Event Viewer in particular and received the error Event Log stopped working – Error 1747 : The Authentication Service is Unknown
Doing a search on this error brought up a trail of things that MS suggested that didn’t work. Someone posted this fix – and it worked!
Thanks!
October 27th, 2008 02:32
think you very much and that are fix my computer internet
September 8th, 2008 11:02
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August 27th, 2008 11:52
Hi,
Thanks for this article, I got a problem with my winsock when I tried to install McAfee on a brand new PC and accidently block the winsock registry modification.
Neither ne manufacturer or McAfee have tried to help (they says the problem was my ISP) but with your post!!! It works!
Thanks!
August 15th, 2008 17:48
If that didn’t work, try to uninstall the network card leaving the drivers in system, this will reset all the network settings, after that scan for new hardware, system will found network card , then just to configure the ip etc
August 14th, 2008 01:22
netsh winsock reset !!!
Thank you !!
i was very close to re-installing the OS
July 1st, 2008 16:25
Yeah! That did it for me. My son’s computer was running dead-dog slow and had a broken network connection and no readable Event Log. I disabled a bunch of junk in msconfig and ran this command with elevated privileges and all is well.
June 22nd, 2008 01:45
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June 10th, 2008 19:17
netsh winsock reset command just saved me from a horrible week of reinstalling my system! ThanX!
June 9th, 2008 19:07
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May 27th, 2008 00:07
this one worked like a charm, was almost set on doing a reinstall. Did these steps and the laptop is working just great.
Thank You Thank You Thank You
April 9th, 2008 21:36
[...] suggest that Microsoft get off its butt and do something about all the connection issues. Perhaps something is corrupt and the OS can’t detect the corruption. I’ve found one more solution that I will try [...]
June 20th, 2007 15:45
[...] ARP (Address Resolution Protocol is the standard method for finding a host’s hardware address when only its network layer address is known. In other word, in IPv4 and Ethernet network environment, Windows operating system uses ARP to translate IP addresses to Ethernet MAC addresses. However, Microsoft Windows ARP cache will occasionally become corrupt and need to be cleared and deleted so that the cache can be refreshed. When you haven’t problem connecting to Internet where connections to websites or web pages will time out or fail, and unable to surf or browse the Internet pages, the error may because also of ARP cache corruption, other than TCP/IP corruption or Winsock error. [...]
June 19th, 2007 22:15
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June 19th, 2007 10:38
WinSockFix helped me in XP Pro as well when I was trying to set up home networking. (There are a few others I saw at snapfiles.com as well.)
June 19th, 2007 02:43
I’ve had the same problem with XP Pro. And in this particular case, this fix didn’t work.
To solve the problem, I’ve used WinSockFix which did the work well.