This might help connectivity problems in old win boxes. Thanks to Paul in 1st Line.




To restore WSOCK32.DLL in Windows 95



1.. Click the START MENU|SHUT DOWN choose RESTART IN MS-DOS MODE.

2.. Type:


EXTRACT /A C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS\WIN95_11.CAB WSOCK32.DLL /L

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM


or


Insert your Windows 95 CD-ROM and type:

EXTRACT /A D:\WIN95\WIN95_11.CAB WSOCK32.DLL /L C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM

Where D: is your CD-ROM drive


To restore WSOCK32.DLL in Windows 98



1.. Click the START MENU|RUN, type SFC and click OK.

2.. Choose Extract One File from the installation disk

3.. Type: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WSOCK32.DLL in the box and click START.

4.. In the Restore From box type C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS or browse the

Windows 98 directory on your Windows 98 CD-ROM. This is usually found on

the CAB file named "PRECOPY1.CAB"


5.. Click OK and follow remaining prompts.


or



1.. Click the START MENU|SHUT DOWN choose RESTART IN MS-DOS MODE.

Type:

EXTRACT /A C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS\PRECOPY1.CAB WSOCK32.DLL /L

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM


or


Insert your Windows 98 CD-ROM and type:

EXTRACT /A D:\WIN98\PRECOPY1.CAB WSOCK32.DLL /L C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM

Where D: is your CD-ROM drive