No internet connection/wireless network

My sons computer has win98 se and has worked just fine connecting to the
internet thru'
a linksys wireless adaptor. Today I can not get his computer contected to
the internet. The
adaptor has excellent signal, I can see his computer on the network from my
laptop (running Vista) but we
get nothing for the internet.
My son said he installed some webtv thing that was on his computer to see
what is was and
it installed some kind of hardware driver stuff. He is not sure what. He
said he uninstalled the webtv
thing. I have no idea what he did but this may be what is confusing his
computer for internet connection.
Can someone please give me some ideas on what I can check for in the way of
settings and such. Thanks.

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:40:17 GMT, "Goldlexus"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>My sons computer has win98 se and has worked just fine connecting to the
>internet thru'
>a linksys wireless adaptor. Today I can not get his computer contected to
>the internet. The
>adaptor has excellent signal, I can see his computer on the network from my
>laptop (running Vista) but we
>get nothing for the internet.
>My son said he installed some webtv thing that was on his computer to see
>what is was and
>it installed some kind of hardware driver stuff. He is not sure what. He
>said he uninstalled the webtv
>thing. I have no idea what he did but this may be what is confusing his
>computer for internet connection.
>Can someone please give me some ideas on what I can check for in the way of
>settings and such. Thanks.

It appears your winsock settings have become corrupted. The old way of
repairing it was

1. Un-install Dial-Up Networking. Don't reboot.
2. Delete registry key HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2
3. Re-install Dial-Up Networking. Reboot.

However, that fix didn't work for winxp so a number of utility
programs were released which will repair the settings and in the main
these utilities are also appropriate for win98. One such is LSPfix
http://cexx.org/lspfix.htm

I would try running that first and if it doesn't work try the old
fashioned long winded method.



Jim.

Thanks one question tho'. Does uninstalling the 'dail up networking' help
with the wireless network problem?
Does all internet connection, dial up, wireless and ethernet need winsock?

"James Egan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:40:17 GMT, "Goldlexus"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>My sons computer has win98 se and has worked just fine connecting to the
>>internet thru'
>>a linksys wireless adaptor. Today I can not get his computer contected to
>>the internet. The
>>adaptor has excellent signal, I can see his computer on the network from
>>my
>>laptop (running Vista) but we
>>get nothing for the internet.
>>My son said he installed some webtv thing that was on his computer to see
>>what is was and
>>it installed some kind of hardware driver stuff. He is not sure what. He
>>said he uninstalled the webtv
>>thing. I have no idea what he did but this may be what is confusing his
>>computer for internet connection.
>>Can someone please give me some ideas on what I can check for in the way
>>of
>>settings and such. Thanks.
>
> It appears your winsock settings have become corrupted. The old way of
> repairing it was
>
> 1. Un-install Dial-Up Networking. Don't reboot.
> 2. Delete registry key HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2
> 3. Re-install Dial-Up Networking. Reboot.
>
> However, that fix didn't work for winxp so a number of utility
> programs were released which will repair the settings and in the main
> these utilities are also appropriate for win98. One such is LSPfix
> http://cexx.org/lspfix.htm
>
> I would try running that first and if it doesn't work try the old
> fashioned long winded method.
>
>
>
> Jim.
>

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:51:01 GMT, "Goldlexus"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Thanks one question tho'. Does uninstalling the 'dail up networking' help
>with the wireless network problem?

You don't have a wireless problem as indicated by your local network
browsing.

>Does all internet connection, dial up, wireless and ethernet need winsock?

Yes. Wired or wireless it's the same for both.


Jim.

Thank you that LSPFix did the job. All is well now. Thanks!!!!

"James Egan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:51:01 GMT, "Goldlexus"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Thanks one question tho'. Does uninstalling the 'dail up networking' help
>>with the wireless network problem?
>
> You don't have a wireless problem as indicated by your local network
> browsing.
>
>>Does all internet connection, dial up, wireless and ethernet need winsock?
>
> Yes. Wired or wireless it's the same for both.
>
>
> Jim.
>