DHCP Socket error

[griz]

I work for a Broadband ISP and have been coming across an error that nobody knows how to fix. It seems to happen mainly in Windows XP. The machine can no longer get an IP Address from the cable modem, and when the ipconfig /renew command is given, you get the following error. "An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket." (Error 10038) The only reference in the MS Knowledge Base is to McAfee Personal Firewall corrupting some network files. In our case only a few of the machines ever had this firewall installed.

I have searched the web and tried all solutions suggested, reinstall TCP/IP, netsh, etc. But haven't had any luck.

Any suggestions?

[Big Booger]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q319952

Same error, different way to get it, the causes maybe the same..
might be that the socket you are accessing is already being accessed..
The socket is bound and listening on the loopback address 127.0.0.1.
Just an idea.

ANother idea,
have you installed SP1? If so did it happen after or before? Also, have you updated all your drivers?
just some basic issues to check.
BB

and lastly I found this:
"Error writing to network. Cause:Socket operation on non socket (10038)"
This is a Windows error message reported by the Winsock stack. It usually means the Winsock is not loaded correctly - ensure network services are in fact available (ask others if they are having problems) then try other Winsock compliant applications (eg WinQvt) to see if the same problem exists.

[egghead]

hello:

these are info pages to youe error code
it might give you some idea's


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q319952

http://www.basis.com/support/kb/kb00557.html

error codes

http://mindcritic.dyndns.org/crap/Misc/kernelerrorcodes.txt

the problem could be in a replaced winsock.dll


other things
10038 WSAENOTSOCK Socket operation on non-socket. An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket. Either the socket handle parameter did not reference a valid socket, or for select, a member of an fd_set was not valid.


the fix for nt is here

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q185727

something will be released for xp if the problem is rectified


something interesting to read
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=error+10038+xp&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&client=yhoo&selm=vx3i9.459272%24me6.55485%40sccrnsc01&rnum=2


i dont know what to say

i post these links in the hope it may help you troubleshoot the problem

there is not much on the net to help you


someone here should be able to add more here

egghead

one more thing

try the file signature verification tool in the system information wizard in the accesories / system tools/

it should show you the names of ant modified files


cheers