What is the "mswinsck.ocx component in a computer?

[Guest]

Hi again,my pc accepts cd/dvd's through the rom but it just reboots in the
middle of things.It returns this message after rebooting,"SDPON,component
mswinsck.ocx is missing or invalid",I have no clue what that is.Can somebody
help please..

 

[Wesley Vogel]

..ocx files are ActiveX controls.

mswinsck.ocx = Microsoft Winsock Control DLL
mswinsck.ocx is the winsock control module used in Visual Basic applications
to add the functionality of socket programming.

SDPON seems to be Shut Down or Power On Now (exe).
http://software.techrepublic.com.com/download.aspx?docid=232784

Mising MSWINSCK.OCX Library File
http://www.ascentive.com/support/new/support_dll.phtml?dllname=MSWINSCK.OCX

SDPON component mswinsck.ocx is missing or invalid

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[Guest]

Hi Wesley,I downloaded the mswinsck.ocx file from your site and manually
installed it and received the confirmation message afterwards.Unfortunately
the problem did not go away.The only difference is that after rebooting
itself,it doesn't return any messages as to why it rebooted,as it did
before.Any other suggestions that you may have? THANKS

 

[Wesley Vogel]

I downloaded the mswinsck.ocx file from your site

No, you did not. I do not have a site.

I do not have mswinsck.ocx on my machine, I do not have any applications
that need it for anything.

I have no idea what application you have that thinks that it needs
mswinsck.ocx.

Is it possible that mswinsck.ocx is supposed to be on whatever CD is causing
your rebooting problem?

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[Wesley Vogel]

I forgot to add this.

This won't fix your problem, but it'll keep your machine from rebooting,
unless the rebooting is caused by a hardware problem. To fix that you need
to fix the hardware problem.

It may also help reading a BSOD. Blue Screen Of Death.

Choosing recovery actions if Windows stops unexpectedly.

Right click My Computer | Properties | Advanced tab |
Click the Settings button under Startup and Recovery |
Under System Failure | UNCheck: Automatically restart |
Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK

Automatically restart
[[Specifies whether Windows will automatically reboot whenever the system
stops unexpectedly.
You must be logged on as a member of the Administrators group to set
recovery options.]]

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