Win SockWindows Me

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

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

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
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

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

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/f.../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

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!!