What does tcpip.sys driver do?

[Robotnik003]

What does tcpip.sys driver do? Is it a good idea to temporarily disable it?

 

[getochkn]

If you don't want internet, then sure, disable it. Why are you messing with things though. This seems like you're trying to fix something but you don't know a lot so you're going to end up doing more damage type of problem.

 

[USAFRet]

What does tcpip.sys driver do? Is it a good idea to temporarily disable it?

tcpip.sys is one of the key components that allows your PC to talk to the outside world.

Why do you want to disable it?

 

[weberdarren97]

tcpip is a file that contains the TCP/IP protocol suite which is necessary to connect to a network, intranet, internet, WAN, etc. If disabled, you won't be able to lease a IPv4 or IPv6 address from the DHCP server provided by your internet service provider. If you disable it, you won't be able to connect to any resources outside your local storage on your machine. Please do yourself a favor and leave it alone.

 

[weberdarren97]

tcpip.sys is one of the key components that allows your PC to talk to the outside world.

Why do you want to disable it?

USAFRet, I love that picture of a hammer missile.

 

[USAFRet]

tcpip.sys is one of the key components that allows your PC to talk to the outside world.

Why do you want to disable it?

USAFRet, I love that picture of a hammer missile.

That is the AIM-1337 "HammerTime".

 

[weberdarren97]

tcpip.sys is one of the key components that allows your PC to talk to the outside world.

Why do you want to disable it?

USAFRet, I love that picture of a hammer missile.

That is the AIM-1337 "HammerTime".

Lol

 

[Robotnik003]

If you don't want internet, then sure, disable it. Why are you messing with things though. This seems like you're trying to fix something but you don't know a lot so you're going to end up doing more damage type of problem.

I want to disable it temporarily because I would get a bsod: here is the link to my discussion about it: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2983486/bsod-build.html

 

[weberdarren97]

Try running command prompt as an admin and type "netsh interface IPV4 uninstall", wait five minutes, restart, reopen command prompt as an admin and then issue the command "netsh interface IPV4 install" and let it run.

Reply back if that helps at all.