that so called PATCH totally killed my network connection by messing up a regstry setting, then getting the tcpNumConnection value wrong, giving XP over a billion connections. DON'T USE THE PATCH, USE THE REGSITRY TWEAK ABOVE unless you want a nightmare....repair network adapter didn't work, uninstalling/reinstalling it didn't work either!!

I've dicovered the problem!! Sp2 has some type of protection against files from other computers apparently. You must right click all the tcpip.sys files-->choose properties-->click the unblock button at the bottom of the properties window. Then reboot and it works...the dialog next to the button says "This file came from another computer and is blocked"

I deleted the Feedback with the link to the "PATCH" that TekWiz says totally killed his network connection. Thanks for the feedback.

Tek wiz was obviously and idiot who didn't deem it wize to backup his tcpip.sys file before patching it....Who the hell takes some guys word for granted on tech issues? use a little prudence dude. Youve just smeared someone who was trying to help. Not all work arounds work on all machines/code dude. Tech Wiz my arse...

The patch WORKS, because I use it to increase the max tcp connections to use eMule better. and it WORKS.. dunno who was the silly one who said it doesn't...