Winsock error

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The winsock failure to initialize error usually comes from a problem within your Network Configuration.In windows 98 I believe you can only have 6 TCP/IP instances. If you fall with in that figure then you might look at removing and reloading your TCP?IP protocols as they probably were corrupted by the upgrade.

Hi

I had exactly the same error message on my computer after upgrading to Win98. The error appeared after trying to install Wingate and a network printer driver.

The solution, as detailed on Microsoft's site, was to remove ALL the network protocols, services, adaptors etc,, then reboot. After rebooting W98 found and reinstalled the network adaptor and TCP/IP. I again removed these items, then asked it not to reboot when requested. Next I uninstalled dial-up networking. After rebooting I reconfigured the network properties and everything was fine - no more error messages! Apparently, the TCP/IP stacks are not configured correctly, and, in my case, removing all the elements associated with this solved the problem.

I can't remember the MS KB article number, but searching for 'failed to initilaise Winsock' should find it.

Hope this helps.

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