We will click to the Run As Administrator like below which will open the MS-DOS command prompt with Administrative rights. For Windows 8 and Windows 10, we can simply type msdos which will list the MS-DOS command prompt with some menu list.

The following steps will work on Windows XP with Service Pack versions 2 and 3. The following steps can be executed in Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows Server versions. As we will use the command line to reset Winsock the command line interface like MS-DOS, PowerShell should be opened with Administrator privileges. In order to reset the Winsock, we need the Administrator privileges. Winsock is an operating system level mechanism that operates at a low level. Winsock is a simple socket which will operate on OSI reference mode 7 in order to create network sockets.

Winsock DLL is named wsock32 and provides all function related Winsock. Winsock is a DLL or library used to run network and internet communication. In this tutorial, we will learn how to reset the network adaptor and TCP/IP network stack via Winsock. During the usage of the Winsock especially in heavy usage, it may create network and internet connection problems because of the crash.

Windows operating system uses Winsock technology in order to maintain network and internet communication and connection.

Netsh int ip reset all