Win SockWindows Me

[Beatrice Kirkland]

I was told by my internet provider (Comcast) that I am
having problems connecting because of winsock. The
advised me to get in touch with you because winsock needs
to be taken off of my computer.

Please advise

[Noel Paton]

you may have spyware
Such errors are often caused by spyware - download AdAware from
www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to remove spyware, adware,
and other such nasties from your system.

also run the LSPFix from here
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

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or
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"Beatrice Kirkland" > wrote in message
...
> I was told by my internet provider (Comcast) that I am
> having problems connecting because of winsock. The
> advised me to get in touch with you because winsock needs
> to be taken off of my computer.
>
> Please advise

[MowGreen [MVP]]

In addition to Noel's sage advice [ ;) ], have a look at this MSKB
article :

Error Message: Unable to Initialize Windows Socket Interface Code
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=246727


MowGreen [MVP]
*-343-* Never Forgotten


Beatrice Kirkland wrote:

> I was told by my internet provider (Comcast) that I am
> having problems connecting because of winsock. The
> advised me to get in touch with you because winsock needs
> to be taken off of my computer.
>
> Please advise

[Noel Paton]

I can't remember the last time someone called me 'sage' - probably because
no-one ever has!!

:)

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/Mar01/Mar27pmvp.asp
"MowGreen [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> In addition to Noel's sage advice [ ;) ], have a look at this MSKB
> article :
>
> Error Message: Unable to Initialize Windows Socket Interface Code
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=246727
>
>
> MowGreen [MVP]
> *-343-* Never Forgotten
>
>
> Beatrice Kirkland wrote:
>
> > I was told by my internet provider (Comcast) that I am
> > having problems connecting because of winsock. The
> > advised me to get in touch with you because winsock needs
> > to be taken off of my computer.
> >
> > Please advise
>

[MowGreen [MVP]]

LOL ... your advice is !! Not sure about you, though ;)


MG

Noel Paton wrote:

> I can't remember the last time someone called me 'sage' - probably because
> no-one ever has!!
>
> :)
>