For some reason all of a sudden all my internet programs can't connect to the net after I did a installation. Dial up works - the 2 green screens on the task bar come up. (might have to try pinging) I get the error message: "Component 'WINSCK.OCX' not correctly registered: file is missing or invalid" I searched the web (at a friends place) and found the file and put it in windows\systems, but it still tells me it needs to be registered. Even if I don't try to connect to the net, as my windows 98 starts my "Tiny Personal Firewall" gives me this error at start up: "PfVarLiblnit: var_server_start error: (socket() failed)" then "FilterLogSysloglnit: Unable to open socket (error: 10047) - logging to syslog will not work" I searched the net, found one or two sites but didn't get an explanation how to fix the problem.

Check the dates on the sock files and TCP/IP files, the should match the date of the os files win98 5-11-98, win98se 4-23-99 if they are not use SFC from the run line to extract them. For the TCP/IP stack files V*.386 see the notes below Winsock.dll Wsock.vxd Wsock32.dll Wsock2.vxd Ws2_32.dll Rnr20.dll Replace as necessary with Start>run>SFC the TCP/IP files Vip.386 vnbt.386 vtcp.386 vtdi.386 vudp.386 vdhcp.386 To replace TCP/IP Go to network properties remove all instances of TCP/IP Close it, ignore any error on network not being complete File find v*.386 Rename the following files in the \windows\system and \windows\options\cabs folders Vip.386 vnbt.386 vtcp.386 vtdi.386 vudp.386 vdhcp.386 reboot reinstall TCP/IP If you can get online go to antivirus.com and do a free online scan Shoot me an email let me know how this worked out JohnP