{"id":716,"date":"2021-09-21T08:37:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T08:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/?page_id=716"},"modified":"2021-10-05T16:59:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T16:59:58","slug":"clean-up-registry-tcp-ip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/clean-up-registry-tcp-ip\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean up Registry TCP\/IP info"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you do a lot of messing with Network adapters in your Win95\/98 machine (and even if you don’t) it’s possible to get some old information in the Windows Registry that can keep you from installing a network adapter successfully.<\/p>\n

Reader Rich Dean says there’s an easier way! You might want to try this article (Q295085<\/a><\/b>) from the MS Knowledge Base to get Windows to\u00a0rebuild its Driver Information Database<\/b><\/span>.<\/p>\n

If it doesn’t work, try the procedure below!<\/p>\n

\n

Standard Editing-the-Registry Warning!<\/b><\/span><\/big><\/p>\n

Not knowing what you are doing and editing the Registry can be a very bad thing.\u00a0 You won’t cause the end of the Universe as we know it, but you could cause your computer to not boot, requiring the services of expensive highly-trained computer fix-it type people.\u00a0 In the process of fixing your machine, they might accidently lose your data.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, if you aren’t comfortable doing this,\u00a0don’t.<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0 Or at least\u00a0back up your data first!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

End of Warning!<\/b><\/span><\/big><\/p>\n

\n

Follow the procedure below.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

1)<\/b>\u00a0Open\u00a0regedit<\/b><\/i>\u00a0and navigate to:<\/span><\/p>\n

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services<\/span>.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

2)<\/b>\u00a0Click on the plus sign next to “Class<\/b>“. Under “Class<\/b>” you will see 4 successive keys:<\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Net<\/span><\/li>\n
  • NetClient<\/span><\/li>\n
  • NetService<\/span><\/li>\n
  • NetTrans<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Each of these keys will have a plus sign. Click on the plus sign next to “Net<\/b>” and you will see some numbered folders. Usually the first one will be 0000. These folders will have plus signs too, but don’t click on them. You are only concerned with the numbered folders. If you have 2 adapters that show up in the Network Control Panel (for example: an Ethernet NIC and Dial up Adapter) then you should have only 2 folders (for example: 0000 & 0001) under “Net<\/b>“.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Under “NetClient<\/b>” and “NetService<\/b>” you should only have 1 numbered folder each, since you only have “Client for MS Networks<\/b>” and “File and Printer sharing for MS Networks<\/b>” loaded.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


    \n3)\u00a0<\/b>Problems are usually found under “NetTrans<\/b>“. What you see most often are old or corrupted TCP\/IP entries and\/or a lot more entries than you expect.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Example:<\/b>\u00a0You see 5 or 6 folders under “NetTrans<\/b>” but you see only 2 TCP\/IP stacks in Network properties.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Write down the numbers of\u00a0all\u00a0folders<\/b><\/i>\u00a0and minimize\u00a0regedit<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

    4)\u00a0<\/b>Open the Network Properties Control Panel.\u00a0 Add the\u00a0NetBEUI<\/b>\u00a0protocol and then remove all copies of\u00a0TCP\/IP\u00a0<\/b>that you see in Network Properties. Click\u00a0OK<\/b>\u00a0and say\u00a0No<\/b>\u00a0when prompted to reboot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    5)\u00a0<\/b>Restore the\u00a0regedit<\/b>\u00a0window that you minimized in Step 4.<\/span>\u00a0Click “View<\/b>” > “Refresh<\/b>“. You should now see 2 new numbered folders and probably a couple that were there before will be gone.\u00a0Any numbered folder that was there the first time you looked and is still there after you have added\u00a0<\/i>NetBEUI<\/b>\u00a0and removed\u00a0<\/i>TCP\/IP<\/b>\u00a0should be deleted.<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Close\u00a0regedit<\/b>\u00a0and reboot. After you restart, add\u00a0TCP\/IP<\/b>\u00a0back and then reboot again. You can remove\u00a0NetBEUI<\/b>\u00a0after installing\u00a0TCP\/IP<\/b>\u00a0if you want to.<\/span><\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    This example may help clarify the procedure<\/span><\/p>\n

    Example:
    \n–\u00a0<\/b>The “NetTrans<\/b>” Key has the following numbered folders the first time you open it:<\/span><\/p>\n

      \n
    • 0000<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n
    • 0002<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n
    • 0003<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n
    • 0005<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n
    • 0006<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n
    • 0007<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n
    • 0008<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      –\u00a0<\/b>In\u00a0Network Properties<\/b>\u00a0you see:<\/span><\/p>\n

        \n
      • TCP\/IP- Dial up Adapter<\/span><\/li>\n
      • TCP\/IP-NIC card
        \n(it won’t actually say “NIC card” but will have the name of your Ethernet adapter)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        –\u00a0<\/b>Minimize\u00a0regedit<\/b>, open Network Properties, add\u00a0NetBEUI<\/b>\u00a0(you should get 2 copies), then remove all copies of\u00a0TCP\/IP<\/b>\u00a0that you see.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

        –<\/b>\u00a0Click OK to close Network Properties. You’ll probably be asked for the Win98 SE CD and then eventually you’ll be asked to restart. Say No. Bring\u00a0regedit<\/b>\u00a0back up, and click “View<\/b>” > “Refresh<\/b>“.<\/span><\/p>\n

        –\u00a0<\/b>Check the “NetTrans<\/b>” branch for numbered folders. You now see:<\/span><\/p>\n

          \n
        • 0000<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n
        • 0001<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n
        • 0003<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n
        • 0004<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n
        • 0006<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n
        • 0007<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n
        • 0008<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          –\u00a0<\/b>Key\u00a00001<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a00004<\/b>\u00a0are new.\u00a0Those should be the only 2 keys there at this point<\/i>.<\/b>\u00a0Highlight and delete all those numbered folders except for\u00a00001<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a00004<\/b>. Close\u00a0regedit<\/b>\u00a0and reboot. After you restart, add\u00a0TCP\/IP<\/b>\u00a0back and then reboot. You can remove\u00a0NetBEUI<\/b>\u00a0after installing\u00a0TCP\/IP<\/b>\u00a0if you want to.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          If you do a lot of messing with Network adapters in your Win95\/98 machine (and even if you don’t) it’s possible to get some old information in the Windows Registry that can keep you from installing a network adapter successfully. Reader Rich Dean says there’s an easier way! You might want to try this article (Q295085) from the MS Knowledge Base to get Windows to\u00a0rebuild its Driver Information Database. If it doesn’t work, try the procedure below! Standard Editing-the-Registry Warning! Not knowing what you are doing and editing the Registry can be a very bad thing.\u00a0 You won’t cause the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}