text: network connection problem in windows xp? home network connection was working fine till i updated my windows xp. i'm not sure which updates were added, but after the updates were installed my network connection stopped working. whenever i give 'ipconfig' command, i get "cannot open hrisipstatecheckingenabled and active connection on netshell.dll". i deleted two updates and now i can access the network and the command 'route print' works but 'ipconfig' still doesn't. though the connection works now, i believe my system is still unstable. anyone can give me a clear idea on how to solve it? thx! 1) backup all your data  2) do a fresh, complete re-install of the operating system.  there are other ways to troubleshoot it but they do not have a 100% success rate, and your system networking stack is corrupted.  backup/reinstall is the the most sure-fire fix.  make sure to install all updates and do all the tiresome reboots before you install any of your programs.  you likely had a malware (bad, evil software that could even steal your bank passwords) infection on your machine, so you should reformat it anyways.