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NET HELPMSG 2250: What is & How to Fix It

You should make sure that necessary services are running

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Updated onOctober 29, 2024

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Multiple user reports regarding the NET HELPMSG 2250 pop-up when a user tries to map network drives for a user account. The full message readsThe network connection could not be found. More help is available by typing net HELPMSG 2250

Follow the steps below to fix it and check out possible reasons why it might happen:

How can I fix the NET HELPMSG 2250 error?

Start by restarting your PC and router and make sure your PC is properly connected to the network. With these out of the way, let’s get right to it

1. Restart the Server service

Whenever there is a network-related issue, such as the NET HELPMSG 2250 error in Windows 10 or other OS versions, you should ensure that the Server service is running without any issues.

2. Tweak the Registry Editor

This solution was suggested byone user on a forumand has helped several users fix the NET HELPMSG 2250 error in Windows 10 PC.

You can also try to delete the said registry key. However, you should ensure that you have taken a registry backup to always revert to the normal state in case things go south.

Even if you do not have a registry backup, we have you covered. You can check out our guide that explains4 methods to restore the registry without registry backup.

3. Restart the Workstation service

The workstation service ensures smooth communication between the local computer and the network servers. You should make sure that the Workstation service is running.

4. Disable Windows Firewall

Several users were able to fix the network-related issues, such as the NET HELPMSG 2250 error on their Windows PCs. Often the Firewall can block certain network-related activities as it seems there are chances of threat injection.

We would suggest you run on the Defender Firewall once the operation is completed, as this will protect your PC from foreign virus attacks.

5. Restore your PC

If nothing works, it is better to revert to the normal state when everything was working smoothly, and you aren’t facing the NET HELPMSG 2250 error.

You can use the System Restore process and follow the above steps to restore your PC. Note that the system restores will work only when you already have a system restore point. You can refer to our guide explaining how tocreate a system restore point.

What causes NET HELPMSG 2250?

That is it from us in this guide. You can also check out our guide that explains how you caneasily fix the Net Helpmsg 3547error.

If you are facing theNET HELPMSG 2184error, our guide lists many solutions that will help you fix the problem.

Our guide onresolving the NET HELPMSG 3521error has helped several users facing the issue on their PC. It is a Windows update error.

We also have a guide on how you can easily fix theNET HELPMSG 2185error and theNET HELPMSG 3534error.

Let us know in the comments below which one of the above solutions resolved the NET HELPMSG 2250 error.

NET HELPMSG 2250: What is & How to Fix It#

How can I fix the NET HELPMSG 2250 error?#

1. Restart the Server service#

2. Tweak the Registry Editor#

3. Restart the Workstation service#

4. Disable Windows Firewall#

5. Restore your PC#

What causes NET HELPMSG 2250?#