JSI Tip 5241. Windows 2000 'ipconfig /renew' generates 'An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket'?

When you type ipconfig /renew, because your new modem won't connect to the Internet, you receive:

An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket.

Your TCP/IP stack or Winsock library is corrupt.

To fix the problem:

01. Use Regedit.exe to navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServicesWinsock.

02. Export the Winsock key to a Winsock.reg file, to save it.

03. Delete the Winsock key.

04. Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServicesWinsock2.

05. Export the Winsock2 key to a Winsock2.reg file, to save it.

06. Delete the Winsock2 key.

07. Exit Regedit.exe.

08. Control Panel / Network and Dial-up Connections.

09. Right-click Local Area Connection and press Properties.

10. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and press Uninstall.

11. After uninstalling TCP/IP, shutdown and restart your computer.

12. If TCP/IP is NOT automatically re-installed, use Control Panel / Network and Dial-up Connections.

13. Right-click Local Area Connection and press Properties.

14. Press Install.

15. Press Protocol / Add.

16. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) under Network Protocol, possibly under Microsoft, and press OK.

17. After the TCP/IP install, power off and power on your external modem, or shutdown and restart your computer.

NOTE: See tip 7266 When you uninstall McAfee Personal Firewall from Windows XP, TCP/IP functionality is impaired?