Windows 7 Ultimate X64: Network Stack problems compounded/compounding other errors

[VigilantWatch]

Hi. I've been working on beating this problem for about 2 months now with no headway or major steps back. I hope someone here can help.

The start to this problem is the Network Stack corruption. Ping to IP works instantly. NSLookup works instantly. Ping to Domain takes EXACTLY 60 seconds at the resolution stage, then continues. I've monitored the process, and ping.exe is getting a DNS response immediately and then not acting for 60 seconds.

This problem is causing update to not work, is causing Steam to be painfully slow, and numerous other issues.

I would like to Repair-in-place, but I only have RTM discs and an SP1 system. I know this isn't a Windows Update forum, but I'm wondering if most of the WUD stuff is failing because the OS underneath is pooched.

I can't run SFC because the system cannot be restarted.

I get errors on running the Update Readiness Tool.

Am I missing something? Anything in particular I should try?

 

[Deejay100six]

Hi, :wave:and welcome to Sysnative Forums.

I don't think this will be the complete solution to your issue but I'm pretty sure it will be part of it.

Click Start and type (or copy/paste) notepad

Select notepad from the above results list

Copy and paste these lines into Notepad.

@Echo on
pushd\windows\system32\drivers\etc
attrib -h -s -r hosts
echo 127.0.0.1 localhost>HOSTS
attrib +r +h +s hosts
popd
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
ipconfig /flushdns
netsh winsock reset all
netsh int ip reset all
shutdown -r -t 1
del %0

Save as flush.bat to your desktop.
Right click the .bat file and choose to run as Administrator.
Your computer will reboot itself.

Let us know if this helps.

 

[VigilantWatch]

Hosts file was reset.
My DNS settings are manually set, so Release/Renew does not function, obviously. But it did flush.
netsh was performed, like I did some variety of 77 times.
Shutdown is still in progress, 15 minutes later.

 

[VigilantWatch]

16 hours later, still Shutting Down...