# Tagged repairs URL: /tags/repairs --- Posts tagged repairs, newest first. - [Reset TCP/IP and Winsock in Windows – Fix your Broken Internet and Local Network Connections](/technology/repair/reset-tcpip-and-winsock-in-windows-fix-your-broken-internet-and-local-network-connections.txt) (2011-06-26) - The following are two of the most handy commands I have come across for repairing PC’s: These are accessed by going to start, run typing in “cmd” and typing the following in the command prompt: Reset TCP/IP netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt Reset Winsock: netsh winsock reset Back in the day, I used to reset Winsock by a longer and more risky process which involved deleting the Winsock and Winsock2 registry folders and reinstalling TCP/IP by hand from a windows INF File; the above command is much much easier. Once you reboot your computer your network settings should have been… - [Fystemroot – Fix BITS for Windows Update after Virus Removal on Windows XP](/technology/repair/fystemroot-fix-bits-for-windows-update-after-virus-removal-on-windows-xp.txt) (2010-08-29) - Biggest pain in the @$$ issue I have seen so far on Windows XP. You remove tons of viruses, get everything working, and then all the sudden Windows Update doesn’t work anymore, gives a dumb error. [Error number: 0x8024D007] The first issue is that windows wont update. The second is that you start getting locked out of all kinds of things due to system administrative policy issues. So I decide to download Microsoft’s Fix it tool for Windows Update Issues to have it fix it for me. NO SUPRISE IT DIDN’T WORK, well sort of. It couldn’t initialize BITS, and… --- [Back to Index](/llms.txt)