TCPIP Socket problem

My Internet Explorer and Outlook Express quit working.
After troubleshooting, I find I can PING a IP address
such as 206.134.145.25, but cannot PING a URL such as
www.yahoo.com. A technician had me ftp an IP address,
and the result was "ftp socket :10047". He told me that
indicated a problem in the registry and to contact
Microsoft support to fix it. After 2 1/2 hours with them
it isn't fixed! Does anyone know the solution?

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Carey

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> My Internet Explorer and Outlook Express quit working.
> After troubleshooting, I find I can PING a IP address
> such as 206.134.145.25, but cannot PING a URL such as
> www.yahoo.com. A technician had me ftp an IP address,
> and the result was "ftp socket :10047". He told me that
> indicated a problem in the registry and to contact
> Microsoft support to fix it. After 2 1/2 hours with them
> it isn't fixed! Does anyone know the solution?