Windows 95 Winsock Error

[cpugeniusmv]

I have an old 486 laptop that I run a Direct Connect Hub (i'm using Ptokax) on for my family to share photos, home movies, and to chat. It works fine, aside from the error message that pops up about every 8-12 minutes (it's not exact) I've attached a picture of the error message.

I've installed all the updates for winsock and networking for Win95 I could find, and the error still occurs. The hub software runs on my computer with absolutely no problems.

I also searched google for other peope who have had the problem, and it seems that a common cause for the message is a trojan...this laptop has no spyware/malware on it.

I have considered installing Debian's minimum install on it via an ftp server, but i'm afraid i won't be able to find network drivers for the PCMCIA network card in the laptop (it's brand new, i might)...but i'll save that for another thread if the need arises :)

Upgrading to another version of windows is not an option as the computer does not meet the minimum requirements for any later versions of windows.

Suggestions? :)

[CoolCatBad]

I suppose you have this Winsock upgrade

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en

All this is way above my head, but it seems that the problem might lay with IPX protocol (instead of TCP/IP)

As per;

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/d...n95/mstcpip.asp

and

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;159254

[cpugeniusmv]

the IPX protocol isn't installed on this machine

hmm, i don't remember that installing that particular patch...but i'll try it out.

[zivan56]

The network layer on Windows 9x is horrible, I suggest trying to use Windows NT 4.0 if you need to use Windows for the server. Otherwise, go with linux, there are probably drivers for your card.

[cpugeniusmv]

lol, i didn't even think to check the sys reqs for nt 4.0...i'll look into it.

and that patch didn't fix my problems :(

[cpugeniusmv]

on second glance, i probably did check the nt4 sys reqs...

it needs 16 megs of ram...i only have 8 :(

[cpugeniusmv]

UPDATE: i've tried to install at least 10 different linux distributions...and they all despise this laptop's lack of memory :s

i'll stick with 95.

[mm3h]

When I had 98 I got some Winsock error (I was new to pc's) and I though 98 had a windows Sock in it :laugh:

[Devnull_]

Jesus, I can't believe some people are still on Windows 95. If I had a Windows 95 machine, it would be in the bin like 3 yeards ago.

[cpugeniusmv]

Jesus, I can't believe some people are still on Windows 95. If I had a Windows 95 machine, it would be in the bin like 3 yeards ago.

this is just an old one i've put to some use...

my main box is running an athlon xp 2400 with a gig of ram and windows XP :)

[techtca]

Try this

www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm

It repairs winsock 2 problems in windows.

Often removing software that uses winsock causes is to be unstable.

[gosh]

For win95 the best way to fix the winsock was to install the DUN 1.3 update. But take my advice - NOTHING in win95 is easy. If you want to fix the problem i recommend installing win98 then troubleshooting it.

-gosh

[cpugeniusmv]

For win95 the best way to fix the winsock was to install the DUN 1.3 update. But take my advice - NOTHING in win95 is easy. If you want to fix the problem i recommend installing win98 then troubleshooting it.

-gosh

trust me, if i could upgrade...i would.

but i can't.