Intermittent Sporadic Internet Connectivity Issues in Windows

If your PC or Laptop is having intermittent connectivity to the Internet, you may need to repair and rebuild your TCP/IPC Winsock settings. TCP Winsock defines how software on a Windows Operating System should be able to access the TCP/IP stack, thus how software can connect to the Internet.

 

If you are experiencing the issue, your LAN connection will appear connected all the time – but your Internet may not always load and you will receive “page cannot be displayed” in your favorite web browser such as Internet Explorer. Winsock corruption can occur from a virus or malware usually installed from other 3^rd party software.

 

• Open Windows Command Prompt and run as administrator (right-click, “run as administrator)
• Type netsh winsock reset
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• You should see this message: Successfully reset the Winsock Catalog.
• Then, type netsh int ip reset








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• You will see these messages:
  • Resetting Global, OK!
  • Resetting Interface, OK!
  • Resetting Unicast Address, OK!
  • Resetting Neighbor, OK!
  • Resetting Path, OK!
  • Resetting , failed.
  • Access is denied.
  • Resetting , OK!
  • Restart the computer to complete this action.
• Now, reboot your computer to complete the reset.

 

After the reboot, verify your WinSock repair. Go to Start -> Run -> Msinfo32 -> OK

 

 

Expand Components -> Network -> Protocol

 

 

Look for 8 named services that match the names in the list below to validate. If you see more or less entries, you might be using a proxy.