Socket Notification Error on Shutdown

[Guest]

I have a Compaq machine with an AMD 2600. Upon shutdown I get a Socket
Notification Error that I have to force to end.
Any ideas on the source of this problem.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

"Operation Was Attempted on Something That Is Not a Socket" Error Message
When You Try to Obtain an IP Address
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];318584

Error Message When You Try to Connect to Network: An Operation Was Attempted
on Something That Is Not a Socket
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;817571

How to determine and recover from Winsock2 corruption
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811259

Event ID & the Event Source are very important.

To open the Event Viewer...
Start | Run | Type: eventvwr | OK

For any Events that seem related to the problem...

Double click the event in Event Viewer | Click: the button below the second
arrow (looks like two pages) [[Copies the details of the event to the
Clipboard.]] | Paste into Notepad | Click:
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Read all info | Copy and paste to Notepad | Click the [+] Related Knowledge
Base articles | Follow any links that might be useful

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427

Event Viewer overview
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../xp/all/proddocs/en-us/event_overview_01.mspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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