In a discussion in http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/answersfeedback/thread/65366c01-f75c-41f7-9298-aa5d1d8280eb, Rob Brown suggested the following sequence to eliminate any possible local anomalies that might influence networking behavior:ipconfig /flushdnsnbtstat -Rnbtstat -RRnetsh int reset allnetsh int ip resetnetsh winsock resetREBOOTWhen I questioned the need to do the commands if we are going to reboot anyway, Rob replied: "Rebooting alone will not clear those".Is that right?(!)I would find that remarkable. In Unix, all such state information is maintained in kernel memory, or cached between the kernel and application memory. In either case, the state information is reinitialized from scratch after rebooting.Is that truly not the case in WinXP?(!)If it is not, where does WinXP retain such state information?Extra credit: I presume that state information retained in hardware interfaces, notably NICs, is completely reinitialized when I click Restart to the same degree that it is when I toggle power-off and power-on.Is that right?I assume the only potential difference might be electronic state. I presume that, too, should be reset when I click Restart just as it is when I toggle power-off and power-on. But sh*t happens!1 person needs an answerI do too