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by vchandra07

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resetting winsock giving error : netsh winsock reset error:
the application has failed to start because mswsock.dll was not found. re-installing the application may fix this problem.
able to surf internet no issue with networking but i am using a server client software in my cyber cafe to track all customer details and due to this winsock systems are not connecting to server

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by seanferd

You need to see if the file is missing, or the registry is missing the entry or it is corrupted.

You can run
sfc /scannow
from the Run box. If your system came with an installation CD, have this available.

You probably also want to scan for malware, as this is one very likely cause for this problem. MBAM at malwarebytes.org is a good scanner.

by vchandra07

Thanks a lot dear but i already tried system file checker but no result. As per the malware is concerned this issue occurred on two system out of one was freshly formatted and another one occurred installing Norton internet security antivirus.
Uninstalling antivirus didn't help. But on both the systems i am unable to reset winsock and Network Location Awareness service as well. So I think issue is related to WinSock corruption. In my software there is a network log features so i enabled this and noticed it was giving "I/O error" relating to those clients.
waiting to hear soon..

by peconet tietokoneet

Or see below for a more indepth workout:

1) Winsock Problem Determination Procedure

You can determine if you have a winsock problem by doing the following.

Put in the windows XP CD and navigate to the support >Tools folder.
Double click setup and do a Complete install.
Click Start >run >cmd {enter}
Type netdiag /test:winsock /v {enter}
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2)
To Reset the Winsock Registry Entries

Click Start >Run >regedit {enter}
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock and delete it; just below that, see HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2 and delete it
Exit Regedit and reboot.
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More info here:
http://www.wedoc.com/tcpip.htm

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