windows socket error

  • Thread starter Thread starter mike
  • Start date Start date
M

mike

What is a W2K compliant version of an application?
question concerns newsgroup response to my error
message:failure while initializing windows sockets while
running 2000 Professional;can't connect to internet as a
result. Help!
 
mike said:
What is a W2K compliant version of an application?
question concerns newsgroup response to my error
message:failure while initializing windows sockets while
running 2000 Professional;can't connect to internet as a
result. Help!
Click to expand...

A W2K compatible version of the software is exactly what the term describes.
If an application that uses Winsock is written to use the 16 bit version of
Winsock it won't run on a 32 bit operating system based on NT4.

Thats because of 2 issues. Most 16 bit applications don't provide UNICODE
compatibility (which relies on a different wide character format) and 16 bit
applications are inacapable of initializing and configuring a 32-bit winsock
subsystem because it can't "talk" to it.

Not to mention that any NT based Winsock application will use Input/Output
Completion Ports to mange Socket Events. IOCP does not exist in Win9x.

If this dons't explain compatibility for you, feed your gas powered car some
diesel fuel.
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Similar Threads

windows socket error 3
error message 2
windows socket error 2
windows socket error 1
Socket error 10052 on UDP socket 0
After EndAccept new Socket has no LocalEndpoit-Compact Framework o 2
Error opening socket 1
async sockets and threading 7

Back
Top