IPSec services won't start

I am running a pc with Windows XP Professional with all
the latest service packs etc.

I am able to connect to my ISP but when I try to connect
to any sites via IE I keep getting DNS errors.

Each time this happens I notice that the "IPSEC services"
service is not started.

When I try to start the service the following error occurs:
Error 10106: The requested service provider could not be
loaded or initialized and Event ID 7023 is written to the
event logs.

The only way around this was to do a system restore but
the last time it happened all my restore points had been
wiped so I can't do that anymore.

How to determine and recover from Winsock2 corruption
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811259


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"Adrian" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7b5a01c43176$a447fe20$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I am running a pc with Windows XP Professional with all
> the latest service packs etc.
>
> I am able to connect to my ISP but when I try to connect
> to any sites via IE I keep getting DNS errors.
>
> Each time this happens I notice that the "IPSEC services"
> service is not started.
>
> When I try to start the service the following error occurs:
> Error 10106: The requested service provider could not be
> loaded or initialized and Event ID 7023 is written to the
> event logs.
>
> The only way around this was to do a system restore but
> the last time it happened all my restore points had been
> wiped so I can't do that anymore.
>