You are unable to use the windows File Extraction tool in MSCONFIG to restore WINSOCK.DLL and WSOCK32.DLL.

The utility says that they are protected system files.

Do the following from a command prompt:

A:\> C:

C:\> CD WINDOWS

C:\WINDOWS\> DEL WINSOCK.DLL

C:\WINDOWS\> CD SYSTEM

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\> DEL WSOCK32.DLL

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\> CD..

C:\WINDOWS\> CD OPTIONS

C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\> CD CABS

C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS\> EXTRACT PRECOPY1.CAB WINSOCK.DLL /L C:\WINDOWS

C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS\> EXTRACT PRECOPY1.CAB WSOCK32.DLL /L C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM