Error Messages When Running TCP/IP-Based Utilities or Programs This article was written about products for which Microsoft no longer offers support. Therefore, this article is offered "as is" and will no longer be updated.| Article ID | : | 191064 | | Last Review | : | November 15, 2006 | | Revision | : | 1.1 |
This article was previously published under Q191064 SYMPTOMS
You may experience the following symptoms when you attempt to use a
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol-based (TCP/IP-based)
utility or program:
| • | When you attempt to use the Winipcfg utility, you receive the following error message:
Fatal Error! Cannot read IP configuration.
NOTE: You will receive this error message if you do not currently have a network client installed.
| | • | When you attempt to ping a Web site name or TCP/IP address using the
Ping utility, you receive either of the following error messages:
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Bad IP address Web address
PING: transmit failed, error code 10091
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| | • | When you attempt to load a Web page using Internet Explorer, you
receive the following error message:
Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site <Web address>.
A connection with the server could not be established.
| | • | When you try to uninstall Microsoft Personal Web Server 4.0, you
receive the following error message:
WINSOCK2 is required to run this setup utility. Please click OK to
exit setup.
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CAUSE
This behavior can occur if you attempt to uninstall the Winsock 2.0 update
for Windows 95, but it is not uninstalled completely.
Back to the top RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, follow these steps:
| 1. | Click Start, point to Programs, and then click MS-DOS Prompt.
| | 2. | At the command prompt, type the following commands, pressing ENTER
after each command
cd\windows\ws2bakup
ws2bakup.bat
exit
where windows is the folder in which Windows is installed.
NOTE: If you are prompted to abort, retry, or fail the operation, press A. This causes the Ws2bakup.bat to continue restoring up all the
necessary files.
NOTE: If you receive sharing violation error messages when you run the Ws2bakup.bat file, continue with step 3.
| | 3. | Click Start, click Shut Down, click "Restart in MS-DOS mode," and then click OK.
| | 4. | Repeat step 2.
NOTE: If you receive error messages when you run the Ws2bakup.bat
file stating that some programs cannot be run outside of Windows 95,
disregard them.
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Back to the top MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the Winsock 2.0 update for Windows 95, please
see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
182108 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/182108/EN-US/) Availability of Windows Sockets 2.0 for Windows 95
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