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Windows XP Service Pack 1 - Complete loss of the network

November 26, 2013
Updated: December 6, 2021
Quick overview:

Your system, which is equipped with SP1, crashes or no longer works properly, which is why you decide to perform a system restore. If this system restore point was set BEFORE the installation of the service pack, the crash after the restart is perfect. All network configurations and links have been removed and you can no longer connect to the Internet.

I will show you how to solve the problem:

1. start the Windows Registry Editor, which you can access via Start/Run.

Win XP SP 2 - Restore network settings

2. Now wind your way through the paths HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\Services\RasMan and double-click on ObjectName. Here you now check whether the value LocalSystem is entered. If this is not the case, enter this now and confirm with OK.

3. Now navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ Services\RasMan\PPP\EAP (i.e. 2 subkeys further) and delete the keys 25 and 26.

NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows Tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.

Founded Windows Tweaks as a teenager in 2001, his helpful PC tricks made it Germany's most visited Windows site (at the time Sandro looked like this). He then went on to write for international publications such as PC-Praxis, Computerbild, PCWorld in the USA, IMTEST.de and Hifi.de. Sandro's main job is as Global Product Marketing Lead and Consultant for various global tech companies, including Microsoft, AVG, Avast, Nero, TeamViewer, Swiss IT Security Group and now currently in the fintech sector for Gendigital. But he can't get rid of his passion and shares his tweaks here again. Privately, he enjoys traveling the world and loves Asia, especially Japan, Singapore and Korea, but also natural places like Iceland and the Nordics. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.

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