Chances are you have installed the Advanced Networking Pack, which uses the IPc6 protocol, at the behest of your network’s system administrator. This newish networking protocol is supposed to lead to more reliable networking, but instead it usually leads to disaster because it does not always play nice with other protocols and the internet. The protocol and related services start by default, and that’s what’s crashing XP. You will have to uninstall IPv6 to solve problem. Here’s how:
1. Log onto XP using admin’s account or ask your network admin to do so.
2. Right-click My Network Places, and choose Properties.
3. Right-click your Internet connection, choose Properties, then click generals tab.
4. Select IPv6 Protocol and click Uninstall button. Follow the directions and restart your Computer.
5. After your computer restarts, log onto XP as the administrator.
6. Type services.msc in the Windows Start > Run box or at command prompt to run the Microsoft Management Console.
7. In the Services area to the right, right-click IPc6 and choose Properties. Then choose Disabled from the “Startup type” drop-down box. If IPV6 doesn’t show up in the Microsoft Management Console, don’t worry, that means your problem has been solved.
