Reinstalling the network adapter under Windows 98 will trigger a reinstall of the network tools like NETSTAT etc.
Under XP, you could opt to removing the network adapter. But remove the "Client for Microsoft Networks" first. Then remove the adapter under Device Manager.
Reboot PC. XP will re-detect the NIC and reinstall the Microsoft Netswork support itself. If no, you can do this.
This too will re-install the DOS tools for networks..
PS, not adviced for PC's that are members of a domain.