Subj : Stupid question number 7
To   : Bennie Hutto
From : Charles Scaglione
Date : Wed Jun 07 2000 10:48 am

Bennie Hutto wrote to All 

BH>Well, here I went again...
BH>I recently installed what was termed as a 'DSL management'
BH>program (yes, without doing a backup... go ahead, kick me
BH>now...), and after finding out it was some kind of program
BH>from one of those 'free DSL internet access' companies, I
BH>uninstalled the program. Now almost any program that requires
BH>the use of Winsock or Winsck32 (I can't figure out which)
BH>will give me a "File access denied" message. For example
BH>I run a TradeWars Game Server which when starting up it
BH>shows how it's starting... when it reaches the point of
BH>"Initializing Winsock", it gives the file access denied
BH>message, and will not start. Almost the same goes for
BH>NetModem, when someone telnets to the BBS it will allow
BH>the caller to access the BBS but the "File access denied"
BH>message dings in the background, so it doesen't affect
BH>NetModem *that* much, but still I would like to get this
BH>error corrected. I've tried everything short of reinstalling
BH>Win98 completely. I can access and surf the net, my FTP
BH>server runs fine with no errors, and I've reinstalled the
BH>affected programs (that I've found so far), all with no
BH>change. Something has locked or partially locked up the
BH>winsock, how can I find out what is affecting this and
BH>correct it?(fingers crossed I don't have to do a complete
BH>reinstall). I'm running Win98SE, and yes I removed the
BH>drivers the program installed from the Network settings
BH>area of the control panel. Thanks for any advice.

The best solution is to restore a previous copy of your Registry which 
is really quite simple using Win98SE.  However, if it has been more than 
5 days since installing the DSL management program, it's probably too 
late to recover.

Win98 keeps 5 backup copies in the c:\windows\sysbackup folder.  By 
dropping to a true DOS prompt and typing in "scanreg /restore" you can 
replace the Registry with a copy made previous to the installation of 
the program (if it's not already too late).

Otherwise, you're probably going to have to hunt down what was changed 
and correct it.  I've avoided those "free" DSL programs because they are 
not only intrusive, but the long term commitment some of them demand is 
beyond being reasonable IMO.

cscag@flash.net

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