If the diagnostic doesn’t yield any results for your error, go to the next method mentioned below.
Method 2 – Resetting Windows Sockets :
Open up the search bar and look for “command prompt.” Right-click and select “Run as administrator.” Once that opens up, type the following commands one by one in this specific order. Press enter after you enter each command in the command prompt.
netsh winsock reset
netsh int ip reset
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
ipconfig /flushdns
Method 3 – Removing and reinstalling TCP/IP Protocol :
- Click on the search box and type “run”.
- Hit enter to open it up and in the run diaolog box enter “regedit” and press enter.
- Using the bar at the top navigate to the key –
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services.
- Right-click on Winsock and Winsock2 keys and delete both these keys.
- Now make sure that you are logged in to an administrator account in your PC. If you are, then log out and log back in using the administrator account.
- Open control panel and go to network and sharing center.
- Here you will find Local Area Network, right-click on it and select properties.
- Here in the dialog box “This Component Uses the Following Items,” click on install.
- Click on protocol > Add > Have Disk.
- Type:C:\\windows\\inf, in the copy manufacturer’s files from the box section.
- Click on OK > Select Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) > OK.
- After this, restart your PC, and you will be good to go.
Method 4 – Updating adapter drivers :
For updating adapter drivers,
- Open up the search box and look for Device Manager. Click on it to open it up.
- Find the network adapter section and double click on it to expand.
- In the list, from all the Ethernet adapters, right-click on the first one and click on properties.
- Click on Uninstall and then click on “Confirm.”
- Restart your PC, and your issue should be fixed.
If, for some reason, the problem still exists, then try the next fix.
Method 5 – Disabling your proxy :
For disabling proxy,
- Go to the control panel and open up the network and sharing option.
- Now go to internet options and click on the connections tab.
- In this box, click on the LAN settings button.
- Now make sure the box next to use a proxy server is unchecked, and the box next to Automatically detect options is checked.
- Click OK to save, and you are done.
So these are the possible fixes that should definitely work out your “Windows sockets registry entries required for network connectivity are missing” issue. Hopefully, this article proved to be helpful for you.
