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harmonytch420

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Lose internet connection with utorrent

I've had this problem for about a month or two now and can't seem to find anything I could do. Utorrent was working perfectly fine before I had this problem. Ive always had download and upload set to unlimited and worked perfect, and now, both set to unlimited, I lose connection to the network about every 10 sec., speeds drop to 0, can't use internet, and in about 5 sec. I get my network back and utorrent starts working, and in another 10 sec. it does the same thing again.
I've disconnected my router and connected the ethernet straight to the modem and everything works fine with no speed drops ( I had to force the protocol encryption because of throttling ). I have a feeling it's some setting in utorrent thats causing the router to loose the connection, but I don't understand because I have never changed a setting and it has worked fine before.

Here is more information:
I know that the port is open because I check it often. The status light on utorrent is green. I am using windows 7 with the windows firewall and microsoft security essentials. I have road runner lite and my router is a belkin F5D7230-4 (I have seen that these are problematic but I've had this router for at least 2 years and have always worked up until a month ago). My internet speed isn't that fast, but my speed guide settings are 81 kbit/s upload speed, upload slots=2, connections per torrent=50, Max Connections=75, and max active torrents is set to 1.

I hope someone can help.

Last edited by harmonytch420 (2010-01-28 01:18:03)

patience

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Re: Lose internet connection with utorrent

Hello.
I am sorry to say but I have no idea about that but I'll try my best level and Find solution for you till then waiting for my reply.

Thanks for sharing your problem.

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harmonytch420

Member

Re: Lose internet connection with utorrent

Thanks for your reply. I just tried lowering the net.max_halfopen to 5 but no luck.

DreadWingKnight

I never claimed to be nice.

Re: Lose internet connection with utorrent

Take the global connections down below 60 and the per-torrent down to 40 or so.

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harmonytch420

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Re: Lose internet connection with utorrent

I went to as low as putting the settings from a 56k dial-up connection, which is per torrent 20 and global 30. I think it actually helped a little. It now last a little longer to loose the connection.
Any other suggestions?

DreadWingKnight

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Re: Lose internet connection with utorrent

Take your belkin out back, shoot it, and get a linksys wrt54gl and put dd-wrt on it.

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ross_at_home

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Re: Lose internet connection with utorrent

In general  torrents will flood your PC with  too many pings and corrupted packets throught your TCP/IP stack/ connection . So I found the solution to the problem was to use a software packet shaper. This is called Cfos it is very cheap at $15 i think it now  and lasts for lifetime. It slows your torrents down by 30% if the packets are corrupted or going to stuff your internet browsing , However if the torrent packets are clean it will improve the speed by 30% or keep it the same. I can have full about 30 torrents going at one time while  browsing is fine with Cfos running . Cfos allows a trial of 30 days  here.......

http://www.cfos.de/speed/cfosspeed_e.htm    detailed newbee explanation of packet shapping  at thier website.

The new version 5 works  with all versions of Windows incl  W7   32 & 64 bit  versions .  Hope this helps.

The other program to consider which is free is Peerblocker . This blocks the so called  bad guys who are monitoring your network / torrent traffic . They also set up  systems to slow network traffic via fake torrents with bad data somehow  . Using peerblocker will help to reduce bogus network trafic thus helping speed things up and also keep them from monitoring you maybe. Peerblocker seems to  speed things up by as much as 20% , that is what  I have noticed.  The "P2P" list it blocks  is a collection of media companies, who regularly scan people on file sharing networks to find out who is pirating movies and music.It does stuff which techie propeller heads could do easy but why waste time when  you can get that here free and effortless. it is small takes not CPU cycles

          http://review.techworld.com/security-so … ck-review/

Also be aware that from time to time, concider changing  port number for utorrent   (I use random port option )as your ISP monitors your traffic through this port and then throttles it somehow. Some ISPs  do , some don't but I noticed  when I changed port each week the torrents would  double in speed for a while then fall back 50% after a few days.I use a FREE program called Simple Portforward  found below that  does it in 3 clicks.

   here http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/Simple … ortfw.html

Also since routers store  Network Adress Translation  information ,some  eventually get full or overflow so a reset is sometimes needed on some models  . Though CFOS  usually fixes  this.

Well thats my bit  . Hope this helps 

 

Ross

Last edited by ross_at_home (2010-01-28 14:52:35)

harmonytch420

Member

Re: Lose internet connection with utorrent

Thanks for the info. I already have peerblock. Great program. I am trying out cfosspeed and the speeds are going crazy now, but no loss in connection. I guess its a trade off. I think i am gonna have to shoot it.
........I spoke too soon. I had just lost my connection.

Last edited by harmonytch420 (2010-01-28 19:27:53)

ross_at_home

Member

Re: Lose internet connection with utorrent

If you know someone with a skeet shoot and shotgun then it might be far more effective and therapeutic too. PULL !!!!     :-)  I think all electronic equipment should come with a skeek shoot voucher so you can blast it into silicone heaven when it had it. Linksys are very good.So are D-link. I guess you tried a firmware upgrade. That usually fixes a whole swaith of issues like this.

Last edited by ross_at_home (2010-01-29 00:31:08)

DreadWingKnight

I never claimed to be nice.

Re: Lose internet connection with utorrent

Take your belkin out back, shoot it, and get a linksys wrt54gl and put dd-wrt on it.

Ross, I already suggested that.

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babydragon

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Re: Lose internet connection with utorrent

I have the same problem. Before using version 2.0, everything was perfectly fine; I'm trying to re-install the older version of uTorrent to see if the problem is solved

ross_at_home

Member

Re: Lose internet connection with utorrent

if it works without the router then it is the router at fault . Have fun with the Keet shoot

Ross

Switeck

Member

Re: Lose internet connection with utorrent

harmonytch420 said, "my router is a belkin F5D7230-4"

Your router is listed here:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices
...But it depends on exactly which build of that router it is as to whether it supports micro dd-wrt.

babydragon

Member

Re: Lose internet connection with utorrent

I've tried everything I can but it does not work:( I still don't understand why. I didn't change any setting in Utorrent. I only downloaded the newest version of it. Everytime I open Utorrent and start downloading, my internet goes down:( Then, I close Utorrent and the Internet works well again:(
Can somebody help me plz?
My upload speed now is only 30kb/s (used to be over 100kb/s) and my download is 20kb/s (was over 200kb/s last month)

Last edited by babydragon (2010-03-21 10:35:56)

Switeck

Member

Re: Lose internet connection with utorrent

1st link in my signature then, follow the troubleshooting guide for interrupted internet and slow speed.

babydragon

Member

Re: Lose internet connection with utorrent

I've tried everything I could in your 1st signature but I can't solve it:( everytime utorrent opens, my internet goes down:( It's never happened before since the last 2 weeks:(
Here is what I got from the 2 softwares:

HiJackThis:
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.3 (BETA)
Scan saved at 12:40:23 AM, on 3/23/2010
Platform: Windows Vista SP1 (WinNT 6.00.1905)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6001.18000)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe
C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager\IAAnotif.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton Ghost\Agent\VProTray.exe
C:\Windows\System32\igfxtray.exe
C:\Windows\System32\hkcmd.exe
C:\Windows\System32\igfxpers.exe
C:\Windows\system32\igfxsrvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Camera Assistant Software for Gateway\traybar.exe
C:\Program Files\IDT\WDM\sttray.exe
C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktop.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Download Manager\IDMan.exe
C:\Program Files\UniKey\UniKey.exe
C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\YahooMessenger.exe
C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktop.exe
C:\Program Files\Camera Assistant Software for Gateway\CEC_MAIN.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Download Manager\IEMonitor.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe
C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE
C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe
C:\Program Files\TrendMicro\HiJackThis\HiJackThis.exe

R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
O1 - Hosts: ::1 localhost
O2 - BHO: IDM Helper - {0055C089-8582-441B-A0BF-17B458C2A3A8} - C:\Program Files\Internet Download Manager\IDMIECC.dll
O2 - BHO: &Yahoo! Toolbar Helper - {02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670} - C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll
O2 - BHO: SingleInstance Class - {FDAD4DA1-61A2-4FD8-9C17-86F7AC245081} - C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\YTSingleInstance.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Windows Defender] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe -hide
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SynTPEnh] C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IAAnotif] "C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager\Iaanotif.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Norton Ghost 14.0] "C:\Program Files\Norton Ghost\Agent\VProTray.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IgfxTray] C:\Windows\system32\igfxtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\Windows\system32\hkcmd.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Persistence] C:\Windows\system32\igfxpers.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Camera Assistant Software] "C:\Program Files\Camera Assistant Software for Gateway\traybar.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SysTrayApp] %ProgramFiles%\IDT\WDM\sttray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Google Desktop Search] "C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktop.exe" /startup
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [IDMan] C:\Program Files\Internet Download Manager\IDMan.exe /onboot
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [UniKey] C:\Program Files\UniKey\UniKey.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Messenger (Yahoo!)] "C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\YAHOOM~1.EXE" -quiet
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [uTorrent] "C:\Program Files\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe"
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /detectMem (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [WindowsWelcomeCenter] rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,ShowWelcomeCenter (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /detectMem (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O8 - Extra context menu item: Download all links with IDM - C:\Program Files\Internet Download Manager\IEGetAll.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Download FLV video content with IDM - C:\Program Files\Internet Download Manager\IEGetVL.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Download with IDM - C:\Program Files\Internet Download Manager\IEExt.htm
O13 - Gopher Prefix:
O20 - AppInit_DLLs: C:\PROGRA~1\Google\GOOGLE~1\GOEC62~1.DLL
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Component Categories cache daemon - {8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030} - C:\Windows\system32\browseui.dll
O23 - Service: Google Desktop Manager 5.9.911.3589 (GoogleDesktopManager-110309-193829) - Google - C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktop.exe
O23 - Service: Intel(R) Matrix Storage Event Monitor (IAANTMON) - Intel Corporation - C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager\Iaantmon.exe
O23 - Service: LiveUpdate - Symantec Corporation - C:\PROGRA~1\Symantec\LIVEUP~1\LUCOMS~1.EXE
O23 - Service: Norton Ghost - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Norton Ghost\Agent\VProSvc.exe
O23 - Service: Audio Service (STacSV) - IDT, Inc. - C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\stwrt.inf_ccfaa5a9\STacSV.exe
O23 - Service: SymSnapService - Symantec - C:\Program Files\Norton Ghost\Shared\Drivers\SymSnapService.exe
O23 - Service: XAudioService - Conexant Systems, Inc. - C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\xaudio.exe
O23 - Service: Yahoo! Updater (YahooAUService) - Yahoo! Inc. - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\SoftwareUpdate\YahooAUService.exe

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End of file - 5669 bytes

Process Explorer:
Process    PID    CPU    Description    Company Name
System Idle Process    0    89.01       
Interrupts    n/a    0.75    Hardware Interrupts   
DPCs    n/a    0.75    Deferred Procedure Calls   
System    4    2.26       
  smss.exe    492           
csrss.exe    560           
wininit.exe    600           
services.exe    648           
  svchost.exe    860           
   igfxsrvc.exe    1432        igfxsrvc Module    Intel Corporation
   WmiPrvSE.exe    3808           
   dllhost.exe    3700        COM Surrogate    Microsoft Corporation
  svchost.exe    928           
  svchost.exe    976           
  svchost.exe    1080           
   audiodg.exe    1284           
  svchost.exe    1116           
   dwm.exe    1832    4.53    Desktop Window Manager    Microsoft Corporation
  svchost.exe    1144           
   taskeng.exe    1952        Task Scheduler Engine    Microsoft Corporation
   taskeng.exe    872           
  stacsv.exe    1220           
  SLsvc.exe    1400           
  svchost.exe    1440           
  svchost.exe    1632           
  spoolsv.exe    1940           
  svchost.exe    1992           
  IAANTmon.exe    1156           
  VProSvc.exe    2152           
  svchost.exe    2284           
  svchost.exe    2304           
  dllhost.exe    2316           
  svchost.exe    2592           
  SearchIndexer.exe    2620           
  XAudio.exe    2672           
  YahooAUService.exe    2708           
  msdtc.exe    3140           
  SymSnapService.exe    3380           
  VSSVC.exe    2068           
  svchost.exe    3452           
  msiexec.exe    3176           
lsass.exe    660           
lsm.exe    668           
csrss.exe    612           
winlogon.exe    796           
explorer.exe    1880        Windows Explorer    Microsoft Corporation
MSASCui.exe    412        Windows Defender User Interface    Microsoft Corporation
SynTPEnh.exe    808        Synaptics TouchPad Enhancements    Synaptics, Inc.
IAAnotif.exe    912        Event Monitor User Notification Tool    Intel Corporation
VProTray.exe    1124        Tray Application    Symantec Corporation
igfxtray.exe    1048        igfxTray Module    Intel Corporation
hkcmd.exe    1756        hkcmd Module    Intel Corporation
igfxpers.exe    552        persistence Module    Intel Corporation
traybar.exe    1452        traybar    Chicony
  CEC_MAIN.exe    2128           
sttray.exe    1800        IDT PC Audio    IDT, Inc.
GoogleDesktop.exe    1500        Google Desktop    Google
  GoogleDesktop.exe    1184        Google Desktop    Google
IDMan.exe    1420        Internet Download Manager (IDM)    Tonec Inc.
  IEMonitor.exe    3560        Internet Download Manager agent for click monitoring in IE-based browsers    Tonec Inc.
UniKey.exe    1376           
YahooMessenger.exe    1328        Yahoo! Messenger    Yahoo! Inc.
firefox.exe    2376        Firefox    Mozilla Corporation
uTorrent.exe    280        µTorrent    BitTorrent, Inc.
procexp.exe    3980    2.26    Sysinternals Process Explorer    Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

Process: uTorrent.exe Pid: 280

Name    Description    Company Name    Version
ADVAPI32.dll    Advanced Windows 32 Base API    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
CLBCatQ.DLL    COM+ Configuration Catalog    Microsoft Corporation    2001.12.6931.18000
COMCTL32.dll    User Experience Controls Library    Microsoft Corporation    6.10.6001.18000
comdlg32.dll    Common Dialogs DLL    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
credssp.dll    TS Single Sign On Security Package    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
CRYPT32.dll    Crypto API32    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
dhcpcsvc.DLL    DHCP Client Service    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
dhcpcsvc6.DLL    DHCPv6 Client    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
DnsApi.dll    DNS Client API DLL    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
FirewallAPI.dll    Windows Firewall API    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
GDI32.dll    GDI Client DLL    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
idmmkb.dll    Internet Download Manager module    Tonec Inc.    5.16.1.0
iertutil.dll    Run time utility for Internet Explorer    Microsoft Corporation    7.0.6001.18000
IMM32.DLL    Multi-User Windows IMM32 API Client DLL    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
index.dat           
index.dat           
index.dat           
Iphlpapi.dll    IP Helper API    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
kernel32.dll    Windows NT BASE API Client DLL    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
locale.nls           
locale.nls           
LPK.DLL    Language Pack    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
MSASN1.dll    ASN.1 Runtime APIs    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18326
MSCTF.dll    MSCTF Server DLL    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
msctf.dll.mui    MSCTF Server DLL    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6000.16386
msvcrt.dll    Windows NT CRT DLL    Microsoft Corporation    7.0.6001.18000
mswsock.dll    Microsoft Windows Sockets 2.0 Service Provider    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
napinsp.dll    E-mail Naming Shim Provider    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
NETAPI32.dll    Net Win32 API DLL    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
NLAapi.dll    Network Location Awareness 2    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
Normaliz.dll    Unicode Normalization DLL    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6000.16386
npmproxy.dll    Network List Manager Proxy    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6000.16386
NSI.dll    NSI User-mode interface DLL    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
ntdll.dll    NT Layer DLL    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
ole32.dll    Microsoft OLE for Windows    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
OLEACC.dll    Active Accessibility Core Component    Microsoft Corporation    4.2.5406.0
oleaccrc.dll    Active Accessibility Resource DLL    Microsoft Corporation    4.2.5406.0
oleaut32.dll        Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
pnrpnsp.dll    PNRP Name Space Provider    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
PSAPI.DLL    Process Status Helper    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6000.16386
R000000000006.clb           
rasadhlp.dll    Remote Access AutoDial Helper    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6000.16386
RASAPI32.dll    Remote Access API    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
rasman.dll    Remote Access Connection Manager    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
RPCRT4.dll    Remote Procedure Call Runtime    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18247
rsaenh.dll    Microsoft Enhanced Cryptographic Provider    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
rtutils.dll    Routing Utilities    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6000.16386
schannel.dll    TLS / SSL Security Provider    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
Secur32.dll    Security Support Provider Interface    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
sensapi.dll    SENS Connectivity API DLL    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6000.16386
SHELL32.dll    Windows Shell Common Dll    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
shfolder.dll    Shell Folder Service    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6000.16386
SHLWAPI.dll    Shell Light-weight Utility Library    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
TAPI32.dll    Microsoft® Windows(TM) Telephony API Client DLL    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6000.16386
UKHook35.dll           
urlmon.dll    OLE32 Extensions for Win32    Microsoft Corporation    7.0.6001.18000
USER32.dll    Multi-User Windows USER API Client DLL    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
USERENV.dll    Userenv    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
USP10.dll    Uniscribe Unicode script processor    Microsoft Corporation    1.626.6001.18000
uTorrent.exe    µTorrent    BitTorrent, Inc.    2.0.0.18620
uxtheme.dll    Microsoft UxTheme Library    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
VERSION.dll    Version Checking and File Installation Libraries    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
wininet.dll    Internet Extensions for Win32    Microsoft Corporation    7.0.6001.18000
WINMM.dll    MCI API DLL    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
WINNSI.DLL    Network Store Information RPC interface    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
winrnr.dll    LDAP RnR Provider DLL    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6000.16386
WLDAP32.dll    Win32 LDAP API DLL    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
WS2_32.dll    Windows Socket 2.0 32-Bit DLL    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
wship6.dll    Winsock2 Helper DLL (TL/IPv6)    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000
wshtcpip.dll    Winsock2 Helper DLL (TL/IPv4)    Microsoft Corporation    6.0.6001.18000

Last edited by babydragon (2010-03-22 21:56:46)