i deleted winsock and winsock 2 from registry, how do i get them back. i screwed up.?

Question

running xp sp2, have external drive and have duplicated my c drive on it(prior to my screwup). restore wont work. there must be a file(s) on my backup i could transfer, I hope? my internet wont connect now and my com wont generate an ip address. i run ipconfig and there is a question mark next to ip address. repairing the connection i get--cannot repair--cannot renew ip address--help

Answer 1

Download WinSockFix



http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Network-Tweak/WinSockFix.shtml



Run the program, then reboot your machine. All settings will be restored to the registry.

Answer 2

Reinstall Winsock 2

Answer 3

Reinstall windows

Answer 4

http://tech-grounds.com/unidentifiednetworksolution