Are you Unable to Browse the Network?

We have seen people blaming their Internet Service Providers for an interrupted provision and receiving Network Error Code 1222, with the message alert ‘Unable to browse the network’. It is hereby aimed to inform these people that the concerned problem is not service oriented, but more of a registry issue.

There are a number of negligible reasons, due to which, certain links break causing malfunction in the operations. Due to any of the same reasons, a link with the Mpr.dll is damaged, preventing the browser to obtain IP address. This is unquestionably a registry issue as Mpr.dll (Multiple Provider Router) is restricted to load the Network Providers from the Registry.

In this article, you will be tutored to access your Windows Registry Editor and fix this issue on your own. However, before doing so, you are recommended to create a backup of your current registry with use of free reliable registry software such as Registry Recycler. The motive of reserving current settings is to revive them back in case of erroneous actions.

Following is the procedure to address the Error Code 1222.

·         Press Windows key on your keyboard, to view the Start menu

·         Type ‘regedit’ in the Search box and hit Enter, to open the Registry Editor

·         In the Registry Editor, go to File, select Export, type a Name, and click Save to backup registry

·         In the left pane, navigate and select the key Order, via the following path

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkProvider\Order

·         In the right pane, right click to select New, and create a String Value

·         Rename this value to ‘ProviderOrder’

·         Double click the newly created value to Modify

·         In the field beneath Value Data, type ‘LanmanWorkstation’ and click OK to save changes

·         Close Registry Editor

·         Reboot your Computer

On a restart, analyze your Windows Registry for any possible errors. These errors might be incorporated due the changes made, directly made into the registry database. An optimistic registry cleaning software would be able to successfully scan and detect the invalid registry entries, fix or remove them, and refresh your database. Subsequently, try accessing to the network through your browser.

Hopefully, you would now be able to carry on with your browsing without any inconvenience. Try refreshing your registry frequently, to prevent encountering such problems and avoid receiving such messages.