I resently lost my internet conection for no apparent reason.
I tried to resolve it by going to my connections section and repair with no luck.
So I had to call my internet provider Verizon FIOS and get help.
They resolved the problem but of coarse I was on the phone for like EVER..Lol..
Anyway the guy gave me a site to repair this problem with out calling and waiting for EVER..
Go to Google and go here type [xptcp ip repair] enter or go http://www.xp-smoker.com/freeware.html and down load this small program put it on your desktop.
Now you may repair your winsock error on your own with out calling your provider and waiting for EVER for some help.
This may save you some time if this problem rears its ugly head..Ok..
Just thought I'd pass this on..
"T.M."