Greetings Marco,
Please see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article.
You receive an "An operation was attempted on something that is not a
socket" error message when you try to connect to a network
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;817571
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Eric Cross
Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
"Marco" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When I attempt to release and renew my IP address (XP Home Edition), I
> receive the windorw error message "An operation was attempted on something
> that is not a socket"
>
> Please Help!
>
> Mark