internet failure

[bert boynton]

I was unable to get signed on the internet using my aol
broadband service. Time warner came out and got it fixed.
They said there was a winsock error in the registry..I
have no idea what they mean. Please comment.I am running
XP home edition on a dell pc.. 2.6ghz

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

I was unable to get signed on the internet using my aol
broadband service. Time warner came out and got it fixed.
They said there was a winsock error in the registry..I
have no idea what they mean. Please comment.I am running
XP home edition on a dell pc.. 2.6ghz

Bert

Winsock is a programming interface and the supporting program that handles
input/output requests for Internet applications in a Windows operating
system. Hard to tell what might have been corrupted in the registry without
being there.

--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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