[Princess G]

I have this problem myself when I tried to download Spybot...No trouble with AdAware...Please advise what is System 32 directory where you advised to create a bogus file.

[Tunehead54]

Please advise what is System 32 directory where you advised to create a bogus file.

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General steps (assuming he's right ...)

1) Right Click on Start Button, Select "Explore"
2) Navigate to the Windows directory
3) Double-Click on The Windows directory and navigate to the System32 directory - Doubleclick on it
4) Look down the files side to find: WS2_32.DLL
5) To be safe: Right click on the file and rename it something like: WS2_32DLL.OLD
6) Now bring up your editor, key in a couple random characters and save it as WS2_32.DLL in the C:\Windows\System32 directory.

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Caveat: I don't know about this "fix" - all I'm telling you is how to back the file - just in case - and then how to create the bogus file.

Good Luck! Hope this makes me a white knight! ;-)

[philetus]

C:,WINNT,system32