An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket

[stephen]

Problem
When use ipconfig /renew
You receive an "An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket" error message when you try to connect to a network
Microsoft article
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;817571

remove Noton Internet Security
Export the registry entries from a working pc
Import the registry keys on the bad pc
restart the pc