when accessing my account i get an error message

hello there I some times get an error message when i log on my account in my laptop the error msg is ( Windows could not connect to the System Event Notifier Service service please consult your system administrator) I remember searching the internet for a solution and i found a temporary solution which is - Start computer in safe mode. - logon on to administrator. - Click the start button - Search "cmd.exe" - Select it and then "ctrl - shift - enter" to allow elevation request - Type in - "netsh winsock reset" press enter - Then Restart your computer but when i tried this the problem will go for a while and repeat again some days later is this a sign for malware infection?

Hi Ztruker thanks for your reply well, this morning when i logged in i didn't get the error message but as you asked me I did netsh winsock reset then Typed netsh winsock show catalog > winsock.txt (in safe mode) and i got this data for my winsock: Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IPv6] Provider ID: {F9EAB0C0-26D4-11D0-BBBF-00AA006C34E4} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1001 Version: 2 Address Family: 23 Max Address Length: 28 Min Address Length: 28 Socket Type: 1 Protocol: 6 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD Tcpip [UDP/IPv6] Provider ID: {F9EAB0C0-26D4-11D0-BBBF-00AA006C34E4} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1002 Version: 2 Address Family: 23 Max Address Length: 28 Min Address Length: 28 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: 17 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD Tcpip [RAW/IPv6] Provider ID: {F9EAB0C0-26D4-11D0-BBBF-00AA006C34E4} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1003 Version: 2 Address Family: 23 Max Address Length: 28 Min Address Length: 28 Socket Type: 3 Protocol: 0 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD RfComm [Bluetooth] Provider ID: {9FC48064-7298-43E4-B7BD-181F2089792A} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1004 Version: 2 Address Family: 32 Max Address Length: 30 Min Address Length: 30 Socket Type: 1 Protocol: 3 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP] Provider ID: {E70F1AA0-AB8B-11CF-8CA3-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1005 Version: 2 Address Family: 2 Max Address Length: 16 Min Address Length: 16 Socket Type: 1 Protocol: 6 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD Tcpip [UDP/IP] Provider ID: {E70F1AA0-AB8B-11CF-8CA3-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1006 Version: 2 Address Family: 2 Max Address Length: 16 Min Address Length: 16 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: 17 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD Tcpip [RAW/IP] Provider ID: {E70F1AA0-AB8B-11CF-8CA3-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1007 Version: 2 Address Family: 2 Max Address Length: 16 Min Address Length: 16 Socket Type: 3 Protocol: 0 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: RSVP TCPv6 Service Provider Provider ID: {9D60A9E0-337A-11D0-BD88-0000C082E69A} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1008 Version: 2 Address Family: 23 Max Address Length: 28 Min Address Length: 28 Socket Type: 1 Protocol: 6 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: RSVP TCP Service Provider Provider ID: {9D60A9E0-337A-11D0-BD88-0000C082E69A} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1009 Version: 2 Address Family: 2 Max Address Length: 16 Min Address Length: 16 Socket Type: 1 Protocol: 6 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: RSVP UDPv6 Service Provider Provider ID: {9D60A9E0-337A-11D0-BD88-0000C082E69A} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1010 Version: 2 Address Family: 23 Max Address Length: 28 Min Address Length: 28 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: 17 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: RSVP UDP Service Provider Provider ID: {9D60A9E0-337A-11D0-BD88-0000C082E69A} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1011 Version: 2 Address Family: 2 Max Address Length: 16 Min Address Length: 16 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: 17 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{A8778F08-A781-408E-A9C0-C4DCBEFAE3CF}] SEQPACKET 16 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1012 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 5 Protocol: -16 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{A8778F08-A781-408E-A9C0-C4DCBEFAE3CF}] DATAGRAM 16 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1013 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: -16 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{C7D80F62-E14E-48CD-BF1A-6205C012182A}] SEQPACKET 12 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1014 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 5 Protocol: -12 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{C7D80F62-E14E-48CD-BF1A-6205C012182A}] DATAGRAM 12 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1015 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: -12 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{CE428848-14B7-43F4-8C60-AFFD41952DEF}] SEQPACKET 11 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1016 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 5 Protocol: -11 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{CE428848-14B7-43F4-8C60-AFFD41952DEF}] DATAGRAM 11 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1017 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: -11 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{ABE4AC19-980F-4D99-AB0C-CB5D4E96DF3A}] SEQPACKET 4 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1018 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 5 Protocol: -4 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{ABE4AC19-980F-4D99-AB0C-CB5D4E96DF3A}] DATAGRAM 4 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1019 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: -4 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{836842F9-0A62-4F59-83B9-633FAC32DCDD}] SEQPACKET 5 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1020 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 5 Protocol: -5 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{836842F9-0A62-4F59-83B9-633FAC32DCDD}] DATAGRAM 5 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1021 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: -5 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{58772739-1C10-450C-90CD-2AE15A13E4CE}] SEQPACKET 1 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1022 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 5 Protocol: -1 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{58772739-1C10-450C-90CD-2AE15A13E4CE}] DATAGRAM 1 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1023 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: -1 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{8EB83950-4F95-4ACB-BACA-8F482A0634F4}] SEQPACKET 6 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1024 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 5 Protocol: -6 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{8EB83950-4F95-4ACB-BACA-8F482A0634F4}] DATAGRAM 6 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1025 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: -6 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{793882B8-1531-4247-AE69-66683382AC97}] SEQPACKET 3 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1026 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 5 Protocol: -3 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{793882B8-1531-4247-AE69-66683382AC97}] DATAGRAM 3 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1027 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: -3 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{18813193-1708-4078-BCE7-9963F801053E}] SEQPACKET 15 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1028 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 5 Protocol: -15 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{18813193-1708-4078-BCE7-9963F801053E}] DATAGRAM 15 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1029 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: -15 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{A8778F08-A781-408E-A9C0-C4DCBEFAE3CF}] SEQPACKET 17 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1030 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 5 Protocol: -17 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{A8778F08-A781-408E-A9C0-C4DCBEFAE3CF}] DATAGRAM 17 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1031 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: -17 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{C7D80F62-E14E-48CD-BF1A-6205C012182A}] SEQPACKET 14 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1032 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 5 Protocol: -14 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{C7D80F62-E14E-48CD-BF1A-6205C012182A}] DATAGRAM 14 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1033 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: -14 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{67E6E5BC-38C8-4F03-AFDD-C3FBC979D12B}] SEQPACKET 0 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1034 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 5 Protocol: -2147483648 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{67E6E5BC-38C8-4F03-AFDD-C3FBC979D12B}] DATAGRAM 0 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1035 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: -2147483648 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{CE428848-14B7-43F4-8C60-AFFD41952DEF}] SEQPACKET 13 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1036 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 5 Protocol: -13 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{CE428848-14B7-43F4-8C60-AFFD41952DEF}] DATAGRAM 13 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1037 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: -13 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{ABE4AC19-980F-4D99-AB0C-CB5D4E96DF3A}] SEQPACKET 9 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1038 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 5 Protocol: -9 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{ABE4AC19-980F-4D99-AB0C-CB5D4E96DF3A}] DATAGRAM 9 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1039 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: -9 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{C85A0D4F-F2CF-4E6D-A866-ED4A9B9921C1}] SEQPACKET 10 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1040 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 5 Protocol: -10 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{C85A0D4F-F2CF-4E6D-A866-ED4A9B9921C1}] DATAGRAM 10 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1041 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: -10 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{836842F9-0A62-4F59-83B9-633FAC32DCDD}] SEQPACKET 8 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1042 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 5 Protocol: -8 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{836842F9-0A62-4F59-83B9-633FAC32DCDD}] DATAGRAM 8 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1043 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: -8 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{58772739-1C10-450C-90CD-2AE15A13E4CE}] SEQPACKET 2 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1044 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 5 Protocol: -2 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{58772739-1C10-450C-90CD-2AE15A13E4CE}] DATAGRAM 2 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1045 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: -2 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{8EB83950-4F95-4ACB-BACA-8F482A0634F4}] SEQPACKET 7 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1046 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 5 Protocol: -7 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Winsock Catalog Provider Entry —————————————————— Entry Type: Base Service Provider Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip6_{8EB83950-4F95-4ACB-BACA-8F482A0634F4}] DATAGRAM 7 Provider ID: {8D5F1830-C273-11CF-95C8-00805F48A192} Provider Path: %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll Catalog Entry ID: 1047 Version: 2 Address Family: 17 Max Address Length: 20 Min Address Length: 20 Socket Type: 2 Protocol: -7 Protocol Chain Length: 1 Name Space Provider Entry —————————————————— Description: Network Location Awareness Legacy (NLAv1) Namespace Provider ID: {6642243A-3BA8-4AA6-BAA5-2E0BD71FDD83} Name Space: 15 Active: 1 Version: 0 Name Space Provider Entry —————————————————— Description: E-mail Naming Shim Provider Provider ID: {964ACBA2-B2BC-40EB-8C6A-A6DB40161CAE} Name Space: 37 Active: 1 Version: 0 Name Space Provider Entry —————————————————— Description: PNRP Cloud Namespace Provider Provider ID: {03FE89CE-766D-4976-B9C1-BB9BC42C7B4D} Name Space: 39 Active: 1 Version: 0 Name Space Provider Entry —————————————————— Description: PNRP Name Namespace Provider Provider ID: {03FE89CD-766D-4976-B9C1-BB9BC42C7B4D} Name Space: 38 Active: 1 Version: 0 Name Space Provider Entry —————————————————— Description: Bluetooth Namespace Provider ID: {06AA63E0-7D60-41FF-AFB2-3EE6D2D9392D} Name Space: 16 Active: 1 Version: 0 Name Space Provider Entry —————————————————— Description: Tcpip Provider ID: {22059D40-7E9E-11CF-AE5A-00AA00A7112B} Name Space: 12 Active: 1 Version: 0 Name Space Provider Entry —————————————————— Description: NTDS Provider ID: {3B2637EE-E580-11CF-A555-00C04FD8D4AC} Name Space: 32 Active: 1 Version: 0

Okay, now we need to wait until the problem occurs then do the netsh winsock show catalog > winsock.txt again and post it so we can compare and see what's different.

thanks Ztruker
do you mean i do the the netsh winsock show catalog > winsock.txt befor or after winsock reset

You already have the info after dong the reset, so now we need ti recorded when the problem occurs. Do not do the rest then, just do the show part then post that info. Once we have both we maybe able to see what is causing the problem. No guarantee but since resetting it clears up the problem for awhile, there should be some differences we can key off of. Make sense?

very logic