XP has lost networking ability.

I'm almost certain the culprit is the shitty Vodafone Mobile Connect software. I installed the latest version of this yesterday, because the bastards changed how their image compression works and it's impossible to disable without using their crappy proprietary software (although once disabled you can ditch it again, in theory).

So, after I fiddled with this, I went back to standard Windows stuff to connect, and after a bit of fiddling with proxies to [re]apply proxomitron it was connected and working again, and the whole time my standard networking stuff was ok (could connect direct to other machine)

Today I cannot get online with either VMC or windows, nor can I do basic network stuff.

In cmd, "tracert midnight" returns this no resources message, and I'm not finding useful stuff with Googling (and it's hard using advert-laden tech forums on a small screen).

I've done a few things including repairing connection and flushdns but not sure what to try next.

Any ideas?

Couldn't work out how to explain this bit, but look at where the ip should be for the tracert... has random hish ascii chars - has same thing wherever I trace, also for pinging too.



(sorry about large image; don't have resizing software on mobile)

From a Command Prompt type:

netsh winsock reset

That will reset the Winsock to it's default state and also remove all 3rd party LSPs (Layered Service Provider). After you've run the command restart Windows and set up your network again.

If you're still on SP1 or older you can download WinSock XP Fix which will do the same thing.

I love you! :)

Didn't even need to set anything up again - after restarting I can connect to the other machine, and get online.

(And more importantly, I can get at my music and end the dull silence I've endured so far this evening).


Thank you! :D