Earlier I posted to another topic concerning WGIC failing upon installation.
I later found that it was not just WGIC, but rather TCP/IP corrupted entirely. With this realization, I found this issue to be unique and not related to the topic in which I posted. So I've deleted that post and reposted here:
EDIT: It seems that once WGIC was installed the TCP/IP settings got all screwed up. Now the machines in question will not received DHCP or anything. When DHCP is attempted the result is a failure with information regarding the connection being made with something other than a socket.
Additionally:
Elements of WGIC are stored in the My Documents folder. Since we use Network Locations for our My Documents folder, and WGIC made it so we can not get DHCP assigned IP addresses, the WGIC elements in the My Documents folder are not accessible. Therefore WGIC can not be uninstalled or modified in anyway.
So what I had to do is static an address and uninstall WGIC. Even after the uninstall the TCP/IP was still screwed up and unable to receive DHCP response. So I had to remove TCP/IP entirely from the machines and reinstall it to do away with the corruption.
Once I had accomplished this I tried a reinstallation of WGIC, only to encounter the exact same problem. Even though I chose a custom uninstallation, selecting all the elements of the program (including all registry keys) the uninstallation program didn't remove the registry entries and other elements of the program. So I had to remove the registry entries by hand.
Please take note. Storing elements of this program in the My Documents folder is a really bad idea.
Updated:
Upon the second attempt to install WGIC, after repairing TCP/IP, the same issue occured. Only this time, I am unable to repair TCP/IP by simply removing the drivers from windows, rebooting, and replacing them. Nor can I correct the problem by removing the adapter and letting Win2k detect and reinstall it. In short, the machine is question is hosed at the moment.