the "Academic" XP install is probably a volume licence version and neither an OEM or retail disk will work with it.
However there may be a way round is as long as the winsock files aren't actually trashed
download and run two programs
first LSPFix
run it, select all in finds and delete the settings
then run Winsockfix XP
If the files are there that should reset the Winsock settings
Good idea to set the windows (or other) firewall to defaults after
you can get these two gems from
LSPFix
LSPFix - CNET Download.com
(use the direct download link - NOT the "downloader enabled" linl
Winsockfix XP
|MG| WinSock XP Fix 1.2 Download
ONLY USE THESE ON XP, no other version of Windows
and use both, one after another. They don't work on their own
If that still won't work, try this fixit tool -
How to determine and to recover from Winsock2 corruption in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP, and in Windows Vista