How to determine and recover from Winsock2 corruption

When you try to release and renew the IP address using the Ipconfig program, you may receive the following error message: An error occurred while renewing interface 'Internet': An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket. When you start Internet Explorer, you may receive the following error message: The page cannot be displayed When you use your computer, you may receive the following error message: Initialization function INITHELPERDLL in IPMONTR.DLL failed to start with error code 10107 Additionally, you may have no IP address or no Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) address, and you may be receiving IP packets but not sending them. When you use the ipconfig /renew command, you may receive the following error messages: An error occurred while renewing interface local area connection: an operation was attempted on something that is not a socket. Unable to contact driver Error code 2. The operation failed since no adapter is in the state permissible for this operation. The attempted operation is not supported for the type of object referenced. In the Device Manager, when you click Show Hidden Devices, the TCP/IP Protocol Driver is listed as disabled under Non-Plug and Play drivers, and you receive error code 24. When you create a dial-up connection, you may receive the following error message: Error 720: No PPP Control Protocols Configured
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Saved Password setting not Retained in Outlook 98 and Outlook 2000

The registry contains incorrect information for the Protected Storage System Provider key for the user account.
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How to Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs

How to Prevent Users from Changing Their Desktop Wallpaper in Windows XP

Disables all options on the Background tab of Display in Control Panel. As a result, users cannot add or change the background design of the desktop. This entry stores the setting of the Disable changing wallpaper Group Policy. Group Policy adds this entry to the registry with a value of 1 when you enable the policy. If you disable the policy or set it to Not configured, Group Policy deletes this entry from the registry, and the system behaves as though the value is 0.
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You Receive the Error "your system administrator has disabled programs and features"

To fix this problem you can perform a simple registry fix.
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