Question : Socket problem???

My neighbor brought his computer to my home and I connected it to my LAN. The connection to the LAN is established and ipconfig /all shows normal values.

HOWEVER, I cannot connect to any websites! If I use a domain name URL, I get ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED but if I use a dotted quad. I get ERR_CONNECTION_FAILED.

I can tracert with the dotted quad.

ipconfig /renew fails with "An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket."

I ran winsockxpfix.exe (http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,25701-order,1-page,1-c,alldownloads/description.html) to no avail.

Is it possible to resolve this by a system restore back to when the computer was working properly?

Thanks.

Answer : Socket problem???

this should resolve your problem
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357