Continuous "Acquiring network address" after defrag

Dear all:

My laptop was working perfectly on Saturday. On Sunday, I ran disk cleanup
and defrag. Monday morning, I find that I cannot connect to the office modem
either through the wireless adapter or through the ethernet connection. I get
a continuous "Acquiring network address" status. When I specify a static IP
address then I am able to connect through the ethernet as well as through my
wireless adapter.

I have seen posts indicating that my winsock might be corrupt and that I
should run a file called winsockxpfix.exe. However, it seems to come with
warnings. I wanted to find out from someone reliable whether I should try
this or something else that preferably is a microsoft fix. I am running
windows xp home. Please let me know if you need any additional details.

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Thanks very much

Shyam

Running "netsh winsock reset" (don't enter the quotes) in a command prompt
will execute the built in XP process to rebuild the TCP stack, and you'll be
advised to reboot when it's done.
I generally try that first, and if it fails, then resort to winsockxpfix.exe
which is generally safe.

This is a worthwhile thing to try given the fact that you can connect with a
static address but not DHCP on either connection, though there could be
other causes.
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"Shyam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:43928AB1-6851-4003-8783-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Dear all:
>
> My laptop was working perfectly on Saturday. On Sunday, I ran disk cleanup
> and defrag. Monday morning, I find that I cannot connect to the office
> modem
> either through the wireless adapter or through the ethernet connection. I
> get
> a continuous "Acquiring network address" status. When I specify a static
> IP
> address then I am able to connect through the ethernet as well as through
> my
> wireless adapter.
>
> I have seen posts indicating that my winsock might be corrupt and that I
> should run a file called winsockxpfix.exe. However, it seems to come with
> warnings. I wanted to find out from someone reliable whether I should try
> this or something else that preferably is a microsoft fix. I am running
> windows xp home. Please let me know if you need any additional details.
>
> --
> Thanks very much
>
> Shyam

Hi
The process on this page is basically safe,
http://www.ezlan.net/clean.html#refreshnet
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

"Shyam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:43928AB1-6851-4003-8783-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Dear all:
>
> My laptop was working perfectly on Saturday. On Sunday, I ran disk cleanup
> and defrag. Monday morning, I find that I cannot connect to the office
> modem
> either through the wireless adapter or through the ethernet connection. I
> get
> a continuous "Acquiring network address" status. When I specify a static
> IP
> address then I am able to connect through the ethernet as well as through
> my
> wireless adapter.
>
> I have seen posts indicating that my winsock might be corrupt and that I
> should run a file called winsockxpfix.exe. However, it seems to come with
> warnings. I wanted to find out from someone reliable whether I should try
> this or something else that preferably is a microsoft fix. I am running
> windows xp home. Please let me know if you need any additional details.
>
> --
> Thanks very much
>
> Shyam