PC Access for Windows Reference Guide

for PC Access for Windows 4.30.158

PC Access is using a dummy WINSOCK.DLL

When you installed PC Access, the SETUP.EXE program did not find a Windows Sockets TCP/IP driver (WINSOCK.DLL) in your Windows directory. SETUP.EXE created a dummy WINSOCK.DLL in your PC Access executable directory by copying and renaming the file WINSOCK.MFM from your "PC Access for Windows - Disk 1." This is necessary to permit PC Access to run when you do not have a real WINSOCK.DLL in your Windows directory.

This error message appears when the following conditions are true:

· You are trying to connect with your MLS or another remote host by clicking the Call MLS button on the Main Menu window, or by clicking the Dial button on the Phone Book window.

· You selected TCP - telnet or TCP - rlogin for your Connection method on the MLS Setup (General Tab) or Edit Phone Book Entry (General Tab) window for the host you are currently trying to connect with.

· You still have the dummy WINSOCK.DLL in your PC Access executable directory.

If you installed a Windows Sockets TCP/IP driver after you installed PC Access, you need to rename or delete the dummy WINSOCK.DLL file from your PC Access executable directory. For example, if you installed PC Access to C:\PCAWIN, you can open an MS-DOS prompt window and type the commands:

C:
CD \PCAWIN
REN WINSOCK.DLL WINSOCK.D$$
EXIT

This will let PC Access use your real WINSOCK.DLL. Try restarting PC Access. If you do not have a WINSOCK.DLL file in your Windows directory, PC Access will not be able to start. You will have to rename WINSOCK.D$$ back to WINSOCK.DLL in your PC Access executable directory to start PC Access. You will not be able to connect to any remote host via TCP - telnet or TCP - rlogin until you have correctly installed your Windows Sockets TCP/IP driver.

If you are running Windows 95 or Windows NT and you installed TCP/IP networking, you should already have a Windows Sockets TCP/IP driver. See your Windows documentation for instructions on setting it up.

If you are running Windows 3.11 for Workgroups, and you have not installed a Windows Sockets TCP/IP driver, Microsoft provides a free TCP/IP-32 you can download from the Microsoft Web site in the Driver Library section:

http://www.microsoft.com

If you need assistance setting up TCP/IP networking on your computer, contact your hardware vendor or Microsoft.

For more information see:

http://www.mfm.com/support/troubleshooting/callmls/winsock_error.html

This topic has changed for PC Access 4.30 (Wednesday, July 26, 2000).

Last modification date: Friday, January 17, 2003 00:58:55