Ethernet Controller Registry Corrupt/WinSock Xp Fix Not Working..

[Amitava83]

Hello folks,

This is my first post on this forum.I'm facing a typical problem for which I need your urgent help.

I have XP(SP3) and Win 7 Ultimate Edition.

On XP..everytime I boot ,I get a Destination Host Unreachable error when I ping my DNS Server IP(172.16.0.1)...and as a result I'm not able to access Internet(Page Cannot be Displayed)...I have a DSL Cable 256kbps Unlimited static IP connection.

When I run WinsockxpFix(as suggested by Google),it does what its programmed to do and then it reboots my machine...

I login into XP and then I reconfigure my LAN Settings(put the IP,Subnet Mask,Gateway,DNS,Alternate DNS values) and then Internet works fine..When I ping the DNS (ping -t 172.16.0.1),I get the usual replies....

However,the moment I restart XP,I get the same Destination Host Unreachable error when I ping DNS and I have to repeat the cycle mentioned above to get my Internet connection working...

Here's the results of ipconfig/all:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

? Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : amitava-46acd47

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit

Ethernet Controller

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-22-15-37-DC-6A

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.191.155

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.192

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.191.129

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.1

202.54.1.63

Added to this, on Device Manager I find that there are four entries under the Network Adapter Tab and two of them have an Exclamation Mark beside them(my motherboard has two LAN Cards).

When I went to the properties tab it says that the Registry entry for those two particular Ethernet Device may have been corrupted...I tried to uninstall them.But Windows gives a message saying "Failed to uninstall the device.The device may be needed to boot up the computer"..have attached a screenshot.

Is this the reason for the problem stated above??

I'm really getting very frustrated about this as I cant seem to get a solution anywhere.

I really need a working Internet connection on XP as all my major work(photo editing)is done there only (I'm a serious amateur photographer).

Hope I have been able to clearly state my problem.

Please help me out folks.

Thanks in advance

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