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32bit TCP/IP networking & IE5.5 problems

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by monnbman

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Does anyone know how to install 32bit TCP/IP networking in win98se? (w/o reformating hdd), I try everything w/o sucess. This is the reason caused all internet broswer errors(can't display any web pages), the problems appear after someone install a network card drivers. Please Help!!!

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by joe.eith

Have you tried deleting all your network services and reinstalling them. Have you reinstall I.E.???

Just a thought..

by monnbman

I did remove all network services(TCP/IP, dial-up adapter, client for ms networks and network card) then reinstalled them again, I even upgraded win98se to windows me and I installed netscape communicator 4.72 too, but still no sucess. When running netscape, the error message tell me that insufficient
resoures or network is down, even my modem was connected to the ISP. I think there is nothing to do with browser. Any other suggestion?

by liaor

This may seem like a stupid question...

Did you have your adapters you need bound to the protocols?

by monnbman

How can I reinstall IE5.5 if the system already have IE5.5? How can I just get rid of the bloody IE?

by joe.eith

You can install I.E. 5.5 over the top of an existing install by just rerunning the setup.exe

This might cleanup some missing/corrupt files. There is also a serive pack 1 that should be applied.

by mike.mcconnell

I work for a fairly large corporation and I support approximately 1,000 pc's. I come across this problem quite frequently and it centers around the fact that TCP/IP does not work. If you try to ping and address and it fails, that is usually a good sign. Go to your Windows directory and see if there is a directory called ws2bakup. If there is, you will need to reboot your PC in Safe Mode, MS-DOS Command Prompt only. Change to C:\WINDOWS\WS2BAKUP and run the batch file ws2bakup.bat. After the batch file completes, reboot and try to ping. If it does, then TCP/IP will no longer be the problem.

by monnbman

Mike, you're the life saver! although I can't try any more, because the computer already went back to the customer with "sorry". You did pin out the TCP/IP problem. I knew it was the TCP/IP problem, but I didn't know how to fix it. BTW, what does the ws2bakup.bat do anyway?

by mbucherl

I followed McAfee's directions in extracting a new wsock for the one corrupted by the virus the system had. Then I couldn't see the IP. So I followed Mike's advice (after reinstalling IE) then removed/reinstalled Windows TCP/IP. Thanks Mike!

by rmhughes0711

What if I don't have a folder named WS2BAKUP in my 98se system. How do I fix my wsock32.dll error then?

by monnbman

The dial-up adapter was using TCP/IP protocols. I did go through the windows me help sections, I couldn't find any duplicated winsock.dll, I did replace it from different computer too.

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