How to remove and reinstall TCP/IP for Windows 2000

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to remove and reinstall TCP/IP on a Windows 2000-based computer.

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You may want to remove and reinstall TCP/IP to help resolve the following issues:

Bindings that are improperly configured on a server.
Dial-up clients that are unable to connect to a RAS server.
Network adapter drivers that do not properly bind to the protocol.

To remove TCP/IP from your Windows 2000-based computer:

Click TCP/IP, and then click Uninstallfrom all dial-up connections and from all LAN connections in the Network and Dial-up Connections tool.
Install another protocol (NWlink or NetBEUI) to maintain a placeholder for each connection.
Restart your computer.
Click LAN connections, reinstall TCP/IP, and then restart your computer.

For additional information about a related topic, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

151237 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/151237/ ) Error message when installing TCP/IP or adding TCP/IP service

For additional information about how to remove TCP/IP from a Windows 2000 domain controller, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

299451 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299451/ ) How to remove and reinstall TCP/IP on a Windows 2000 domain controller