Cantankerous Connection Problem

In my ongoing attempt to get to the bottom of a connection problem that
prohibits me from connecting to any site on the first attempt (second and
thereafter are fine, I have listed all "winsock" and "wsock" folders and
subfolders currently on my system in the hopes that one of you might be
able to spot the problem and offer help.

I'm running a Gateway 486DX2-66 upgraded to 586-100 w/ 40MB RAM.

Find: winsock:

Winsock.old C:\WINDOWS................ 42KB OLD File............ 10/2/98
Winsock.dll C:\WINDOWS................ 42KB Application Extension 7/11/95
winsock.dll C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP....... 22KB Application Extension 3/20/98
winsock.bkp C:WINDOWS\ws2bakup........ 42KB BKP File............ 7/11/95
winsock.dll C:WINDOWS\ws2bakup........ 42KB Application Extension 7/11/95

Find: wsock:

Wsock32_.dll C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM......... 65KB Application Extension 7/11/95
Wsock32.dll C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM........ 160KB Application Extension 10/16/98
Wsock32n.dll C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM......... 28KB Application Extension 6/4/97
Wsock.vxd C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM......... 16KB Virtual Device Driver 7/11/95
wsock.vxd C:\WINDOWS\ws2bakup....... 16KB Virtual Device Driver 7/11/95
wsock32.dll C:\WINDOWS\ws2bakup....... 65KB Application Extension 7/11/95
wsock32o.net C:\Program Files\NetSonic 160KB NET File............. 10/16/98
Wsock32s.net C:\Program Files\NetSonic 65KB NET File............. 7/11/95

Thanks ever sooooo much. Paul Miller