You will receive this message if the Microsoft Winsock Control has not been installed correctly.

To resolve this problem, there are two methods you can try:

First Method:

• Check that the mswinsck.ocx file is actually on your computer.
• Use the Find Files or Folders window from your Start menu to verify the file is on your machine.
• If it is, try to register it using a command line utility called regsvr32.exe, which should be located in your Windows\System32 directory.

Type the following at the command line:

> regsvr32 mswinsck.ocx

Make sure that regsvr32 is in your PATH statement and that you are in the same directory as mswinsck.ocx.

Second Method

• Download a utility called VBC.EXE from http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q181/8/54.asp. This utility fixes a faulty VB 5.0 Professional installation.

A similar utility exists for Visual Basic 6.0. Search the Microsoft knowledge base for more information.

	To find coding errors in Visual Basic, compile your entire project. This will report any syntax errors you have made immediately, instead of at runtime.