Random Windows Vista Disconnects

[TheHeartSmasher]

Are you running Vista on the latest and greatest hardware with the nicest software. Wondering why this keeps happening over and over again and is there a way you can stop it? Well it turns out to be a problem with the Winsock bind function. Wondering what you can do to fix the problem, well that answer is a sad no if it happens but you can get back online.

1. Go to your start menu
2. Open the Command Prompt by typing cmd in the search field
3. Press Ctrl-Shift-Enter while the command prompt is open to run the command prompt as administrator
4. Type netsh winsock reset then press enter
5. Then restart Windows Vista

This will remove the Winsock LSP Service Providers that were installed on your operating system. If you would like a list of the currently installed LSPs type netsh winsock show catalog in the command prompt. If that did not work you can reset the TCP/IP protocals for Vista back to factory settings by typing netsh int reset [logfile name] ex. netsh int reset mylog hopefully this will help you solve some of the weird problems with Vista. If you know where the official hotfix is let me know.