When you type ipconfig /renew, because your new modem won't connect to the Internet, you receive:  
  
An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket.  
  
Your TCP/IP stack or Winsock library is corrupt.  
  
To fix the problem:  
  
01. Use Regedit.exe to navigate to:  
  
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock.  
  
02. Delete the Winsock key.  
  
03. Delete the Winsock2 key.  
  
04. Exit Regedit.exe.  
  
05. Shutdown and restart your computer.  
  
06. Go to Control Panel / Network and Dial-up Connections.  
  
07. Right-click Local Area Connection and press Properties.  
  
08. Press Install.  
  
09. Select "disk"  
  
10. In the writeable field type : /WINDOWS/INF  
  
11. Select "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" under Network Protocol (left microsoft field),and press OK.  
  
12. After the TCP/IP install, power off and power on your external modem, or shutdown and restart your computer.  
  
13. If it didn t change the status... DOS MODE : ipconfig/renew and it is !  
  
cette anomalie se renouvelle  
.  
je me dis ce qui a ete bon une fois le sera encore....  
que nenni  
j'ai suivi la procédure à la lettre et apres config/renew  "opération tentée sur autre chose qu'un socket"  
a noter que winsock ne figure plus dsans la base registe, winsock2 ayant réapparu.  
  
ça me gonfle de reinstaller XP surtout que je n'ai pas partionné le disque à l'origine  
  
une soluce?  
Merci