How to Restore the Winsock 1.x Configuration in Windows 98
Article ID: 185860
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q185860
SUMMARY
This article describes how to uninstall Winsock version 2.0 to restore the
original Winsock version 1.x configuration.
MORE INFORMATION
To uninstall Winsock version 2.0 to restore the original Winsock version
1.x configuration, use the following steps:
NOTE: Some programs may not function correctly if Winsock 2.0 is
uninstalled.
Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then
double-click Add/Remove Programs.
Click Restore Winsock 1.x Configuration, click Add/Remove, and then
click Yes.
Windows 98 installs Winsock 2.0 by default. The option to restore Winsock
1.x is available only if Windows 98 is installed as an upgrade over
Windows 95 with Winsock 1.x.
For information about how to obtain the Windows Sockets 2.0 for Windows
95 Update, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
ARTICLE-ID: 182108
TITLE : Availability of Windows Sockets 2.0 for Windows 95