Help re-installing NIC in WIN98 -no socket-

[davesaudio]

Win 98 not SE
started with AOPEN NIC
I came home and found the NIC card dislodged(don't ask). used for CABLE MODEM
I pulled it out- reboot
Shut down then reinstalled and boot, finally reinstalled the drivers (some difficulty here getting win98 to recognize the cards -had to take a couple of trys)
bind IP to the NIC
reenter my cable machine id

Win98 APPS now reports it is unable to establish the socket
same error for PING and WINIPCFG

I have now gone thru a few iterations of the above with different NICs, reinstalled WIN98 over itself
and no change-in fact I can't even get dialup networking to work-it dials and connects but again no socket.

Any ideas to get me past my mental rut?
Dave
crs0293@inforamp.net laptop dialup

 

[davesaudio]

Hey senior dudes any ideas?

I have now upgraded to ME and still have this problem -can't start the socket-
I can plug in a hub and see another machine using MS networking so I presume the NIC(s) are OK?

 

[obenton]

If you put in another NIC without first removing the first NIC in device manager, the first NIC's registry settings could still be in there and fouling everything up, and they'd still be there after a repair reinstall. At this point I'd likely do a fresh install.

 

[purplehayes]

If what Obenton said doesn't work, try uninstalling and reinstalling TCP/IP.

PH
😀

 

[danzig]

Boot into safe mode then check the device manager to see if there are multiple nics and remove unwanteds.

 

[davesaudio]

Just to put closure on this thread:
I tried all the good suggestions from above and a few others as well

A fresh install of WIN98 did solve it in the end.
Thanks for the help
Dave