Recovering Winsock2 registry key

Purpose

Resolving Internet connection problems.

Symptom

Damage to the Winsock2 registry key causes a very slow Windows boot-up. After finishing startup a user can not connect to Internet sites.

Why?

The problem may be caused by new Spyware or Adware software. This software takes control on the Internet and can block access to a user.

Note!

Removing spyware without restoring the Winsock key may cause the damage. If a user simply deletes the spyware file he will have a problem.

Safety

A user must not change if he is not sure.

Make a registry backup using RegRun Rescue.

A user may use the "Make Backup" option to create a copy of the Winsock registry key in the "reg" file. Later a user can restore a copy by launching the "reg" file in Windows Explorer.

How to use recovering?

Open RegRun Start Control, go to the Reanimator menu, "Recover Winsock".

Mark unwanted items and click on the "Remove Marked". That’s all!

You must restart the computer to the changes take effect.

Technical Details

WinSock registry key is located at:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WinSock2

It contains the Winsock options values and LSP modules stack. Each LSP module is a DLL.

Which files are good?

Windows 2000/XP:

·      mswsock.dll

·      winrnr.dll

·      rsvpsp.dll

Windows 95/98:

·      rnr20.dll

·      mswsosp.dll

·      msafd.dll

·      rsvpsp.dll

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