On 30 Nov 2005 03:36:07 -0800, "Carl D" <*email_address_deleted*> wrote:

>Problem solved!
>
>msinfo32 showed me I had some third party sockets (google desktop).
>Removing them didn't immediately solve the problem, nor did netsh
>winsock reset catalog or uninstall winsock in registry per linked MS
>article above (http://support.microsoft.com/?id=811259). However the
>WinSock XP Fix (http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html)
>did the trick.
>
>Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Carl,

Congrats on your persistence. And thanks for the feedback.

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