Windows 10: Network Protocols Missing

This problem of missing protocol actually comes up with the latest updates of Windows 10, Microsoft should look after it immediately.
Try the following steps:
1. Go to control Panel
2. Click on Programs (Uninstall a PROGRAM)
3. then on the left corner click on Installed Updates
4. Finally Uninstall all the updates which were installed previously & restart ur system.

You will able to connect to the Internet & the Network.
Thank You
Please revert back if you find this useful.

 

But will your system be secure, have other issues, etc ?

I installed the latest Windows Insider Build (11082) and have not had issues (fingers crossed).

 

Ok, so Windows forced update to 1511 two days ago now wireless doesn't work, troubleshooting says one or more network protocols missing, Detailed Info says windows sockets registry entries are missing. Tried to troubleshoot from suggestions off this forum- editing registry (netsh reset), to deleting winsock registries and installing the ones posted, but nothing worked.

I have work to do so it was really starting to freak me out, so I asked the host at the hotel I'm staying at if i could plug in the ethernet. When i did, ethernet works,then suddenly the wifi from that ethernet (ethernet cable was one of the cables coming out of the wifi box, not directly from the wall) works as well. However, it doesn't work for any other wifi still. I try to troubleshoot and it doesn't give me the same error message, just resets and says it can't figure out the problem... Any suggestions? Please? I really do have a lot of work that I want to get out of the way so I can enjoy my vacation...

 

Ha guys! Thanks for the Winsock fix! I accidently erased it and did not know if I would be able to fix it or not without a clean install. Thanks again for the help! Merry Christmas and Happy new year!

 

Thanks borgus -- your solution worked!!!

 

After upgrading from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 Version 1511. Got dreaded one or more network Protocols missing. Had zero ability to connect to internet. Tried many solutions from all over the internet but nothing worked. Finally went to Intel's website, downloaded latest Windows Ten self extracting Network Adapter driver onto USB from another computer. Ran it on my new Asus 64 bit machine and everything came back to life. Driver file was Prowinx64.exe
Thanks Intel !

 

Installed that also. Still not fixed.

 

01/03/2016 after losing about 4 hours of my night, I have recovered my internet connection.
All these threads have been extremely helpful. I considered the winsock recovery but didn't need to do this, but it sounded very correct. I did follow one poster's link (or it may have been from my own search) to reset the TCPIP stack in Windows 10 [ How to reset the TCPIP stack in Windows 10 - YouTube ] That didn't seem to work or possible it helped.Then I tried under 'Recovery' 'Open System Restore'. The system said I had no restore points set. I then uninstalled almost all the Windows 10 updated with a 01/01/2016 or 01/02/2016 installed date (yeah Happy New.. what a way to start), but not all of them as there was about 25 of them, but I did what i thought were the culprits to the 'network protocol missing' error.. I restarted the computer. It took very long as it appeared it was installing windows updates again. I then tried the System Restore again which was now available, which is odd because I didn't set a restore point, unless this network protocol missing was making it appear as such. I then restarted and waited very long. Still no internet. Then did a rebuild recovery which took very long but still no internet. I checked and all the recent updates were gone. I restarted one more time. I worked... go figure...

 

Borgus, your fix worked for me. Thanks for posting the Winsock files. The only other change I had to make after I replaced the Winsock folder was to change the DHCP setting to automatically obtain an IP address from the router. I have spent days trying to fix this issue, and your solution has been the one that worked. Thanks so very much!!

 

Glad it did the job for you and others. As a caution to newcomers to the thread, the Winsock.reg replacement post is targeted only at eliminating the "some network protocols are missing" message, and not to non-connectivity issues.

An updated, Win-10 approved Network controller from Realtek's site was recently installed here. It worked for a short time, then the circuit went down. After troubleshooters were run, the Gateway was reset and the PC was rebooted, the Net became accessible, but the "net protocols missing" message had returned - again remedied by the Winsock.reg files.

As that update was made to a very recently installed 1511 build that lists no SFC errors, this hints that updating Realtek's PCIe GBE Family Controller may be a cause, perhaps as a result of a Windows 10 auto-update on some PCs.

 

My situation is very similar to Marc's. My Dell XPS 8700 desktop was upgraded to Windows 10 when the upgrade first became available and had been running well. The Jan 13 critical update disabled internet access (Ethernet connection). Network troubleshooter shows internet protocols missing and "Windows sockets registry entries required for network connectivity are missing".

My wife's Dell Inspiron 15, 3000 series laptop had virtually the same problem a week or two earlier and I was able to get it working again (WiFi connection) by going back to the previous build of the operating system. I'm not exactly sure where I found the revert command, but it wasn't by using a restore point.

On my PC, I found only 3 restore points, the most recent for the critical update and two previous, minor updates. I tried to go back to the restore point for the critical update, but got a message saying that the restore had failed due to an error writing a registry entry. (I didn't think to try to figure out which one.) It took many reboots to just get back to Windows. When I finally did, internet access remained disabled and the system had no restore points shown.

I went into control panel, programs, installed updates and uninstalled the latest update. Today I tried advanced startup and found two restore points, the earliest dated 1/16, critical update. I tried to restore to that point, restore completed successfully this time and gave me a message about being restored to 1/16, but the build number didn't change and when I go back into restore points, the 1/16 critical update restore point is still there, along with two newer ones.

Why don't I have more restore points? On older versions of Windows I would have restore points going back many months.

I have also tried:

• resetting the TCP/IP stack, using these instructions:
• resetting winsock
• loading latest network drivers (Realtek PCIe GBE family controller, version 10.16.1001.2015)

I am currently at Windows 10 Home, version 1511, build 10586.36. Wife's laptop is Win 10 Pro, build 10240.

One extremely annoying thing related to all this is that the Windows search bar can't find anything. For example, if you type "restore", it says no results found. Apparently it needs internet connectivity to function, even for local searches.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

For some reason this second bit confused me into thinking that all it fixed was an error message. I finally tried the above and it fixed the missing protocols problem. Now when I run the network diagnostics I get the message:"Ethernet" doesn't have a valid IP configurationI've reset the router. I have a green light PC end and the router thinks something is connected on it's end.

When I run diagnostics on the WiFi connection, I get:"WiFi" doesn't have a valid IP configuration
I'm not sure how to proceed from here.

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

Did you run the network troubleshooter once again?
Did you revert to the original Winsock files, which you backed up as suggested in the earlier post?

 

Thanks so much for the quick reply!

I've run "Windows Network Diagnostics" multiple times. It thinks that I have a router issue, suggests cycling power, etc., which I've done.

I have not tried reverting to the original Winsock files. Wouldn't that put me back where I started?

 

One would think so, but that's not guaranteed. Before you revert, do a search for...
""WiFi" doesn't have a valid IP configuration"

You will see many hits, which may lead to resolution of the problem.