[bradosa]

I have a Windows Server 2000 that's been running fine for about 2 years. Last night, shortly after it ran a Windows update and downloaded (but did not install) some updates, something caused Winsock to stop performing properly. As such, I can no longer connect to the internet through the desktop or applications that run through Winsock, but the server is available and reponds to other TCP/IP traffic fine.

I tried running a Winsock fix program, hoping that it was just a corrupted registry, but it didn't help. I can't identify anything in particular that was done, but I know that the problem occurred sometime between 2:00am and 6:00am, when noone was accessing or using the server.

Any ideas how I should troubleshoot?:4-dontkno

 

[removed82807c]

what is the event viewer saying? is there anything that indicates what is going wrong?
I don't think downloading updates and not installing them could ever cause winsock problems. If you installed part of the downloaded updates, try uninstalling them.

 

[removed82807c]

any error messages you get, post them, it will help people to help you troubleshoot your problem. Try to be exact and complete. If there are any events that indicate a problem, any popups giving you an error, messages in log files, ... the more information you give, the better you can be helped