The present invention provides a method for detecting TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) bindings for Network Interface Cards (NICs) installed on Windows 95™ and Windows 98™ operating systems with a VPN (Virtual Private Network) client present. More particularly, the present invention provides a method for parsing the Windows™ system registry to detect TCP/IP bindings for network interface cards installed within a host computer system. In one embodiment, a function for detecting TCP/IP bindings of one network interface card implemented and repeated for all keys of the registry of a computer software for detecting the TCP/IP bindings for network interface cards installed on the host computer system.