How To Fix Windows Sockets Registry Entries Required For Network Connectivity Are Missing on Windows

How To Fix Windows Sockets Registry Entries Required For Network Connectivity Are Missing on Windows

Method 1: Reset Windows Sockets 

Step 1. Starts Command Prompt as Administrator by pressing Windows Key + X and click Command Prompt (Admin).

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Step 2. When Command Prompt window starts. you type following command and press Enter: netsh winsock reset

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Step 3. Wait until the command is successfully executed and then you must restart the computer in order to complete the reset.

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If the issue still persists, you may need to delete Winsock keys from registry and reinstall TCP/IP. Method 2 tells you the manual steps.

Method 2: Delete Winsock Registry And Reinstall TCP/IP First, you need to delete Winsock Registry, follow these instructions: 

Step 1. Press Windows Key + R and type regedit in Run dialog box to open Registry Editor. Click OK or press Enter.

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Step 2. From the left pane of Registry Editor, go to following registry key:

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WinSock

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Step 3. At this registry location, locate Winsock and right click it and select Export. This will save the backup of the registry entry to a suitable location. Next again do a right on same registry key, and click Delete.

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Step 4. Perform step 3 with WinSock2.

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(go to following registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2)

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Step 5. Moving on, you can exit Registry Editor.

After deleting Winsock Registry, you need to reinstall TPC/IP. Now I will guide you how to reinstall TPC/IP in Windows 10. ď ľ

Step 6. Log in Windows with an administrator account.

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Step 7. Press Windows Key + X and select Control Panel. Then go to Network and Internet > Network Connections. Here you click on your current connection (Ethernet connection or Local Area Connection) and select Properties.

If you are facing the "Your Computer Appears To Be Correctly Configured But The Device Or Resource DNS Server Is Not Responding" look at more info. 

Step 8. From the Local Area Connection or Ethernet connection property sheet, click the Install...

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Step 9. Now you select Protocol in Select Network Feature Type window and click Add to open Network Protocol window.

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Step 10. Click Have disk...

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Step 11. In copy manufacturer’s files from section type C:\windows\inf and click OK.

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Note: You can substitute C: with your system root drive.

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Step 12. Lastly, select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) – Tunnels and click OK to save changes. You can close Network and Sharing Center then restart your computer and see if the problem is resolved.

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Read more this guide if you could not go beyond step 12 in Method 2 and thus you can’t follow it completely. When you click OK in step 12, you receive the following message:

Download Winsock Registry File If you also get this warning, follow this guide: 

Download Winsock registry and WinSock2 registry check this link: Download Winsock registry.

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Then you open Registry Editor on your computer having problem, select File > Import. Browse for the above downloaded files and select OK.

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After importing both registry files, reboot your computer and retry Method 2.

And this time you won’t get any error and thus you could complete Method 2 which fixes the issue finally.