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[quote name="laudablepuss"]Not that it matters now. Incidentally, it was definitely not Ad-Aware that fucked your winsock up it's veronica. <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811259">Microsoft's article on the subject.</a> The relavent bit: [quote name="Knowlege base article"]<b>How to Recover from Winsock2 corruption</b> To resolve this issue, delete the corrupted registry keys, and then reinstall the TCP/IP protocol. <b>Step 1: Delete the corrupted registry keys</b> 1. Click <b>Start</b>, and then click <b>Run</b>. 2. In the <b>Open</b> box, type <b>regedit</b>, and then click <b>OK</b>. 3. In Registry Editor, locate the following keys, right-click each key, and then click <b>Delete</b>: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2 4. When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click <b>Yes</b>. <b>Note</b> Restart the computer after you delete the Winsock keys. Doing so causes the Windows XP operating system to create new shell entries for those two keys. If you do not restart the computer after you delete the Winsock keys, the next step does not work correctly. <b>Step 2: Install TCP/IP</b> 1. Right-click the network connection, and then click <b>Properties</b>. 2. Click <b>Install</b>. 3. Click <b>Protocol</b>, and then click <b>Add</b>. 4. Click <b>Have Disk</b>. 5. Type <b>C:\Windows\inf</b>, and then click <b>OK</b>. 6. On the list of available protocols, click <b>Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)</b>, and then click <b>OK</b>. 7. Restart the computer. [/quote][/quote]