Non-blocking socket error IE6 WinXP SP2

[Andrew Beattie]

Most of the time when I try to download a sizeable file (eg 30MB) over my
broadband connection using, I get an error message:

Internet Explorer cannot download ..."whatever" from "wherever"
A non-blocking socket operation could not be completed immediately.

This makes it very difficult to download anything significant and I can't
find anything on MSKB that points me to how I might fix it.

I'd be very grateful for any pointers or help.

Many thanks

Andrew Beattie

[Mark L. Ferguson]

the netsh command in SP2 can rebuild the Winsock catalog. Open the command
prompt and type: netsh winsock reset catalog then press ENTER.

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Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
marfers notes for windows xp
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
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"Andrew Beattie" > wrote in message
...
> Most of the time when I try to download a sizeable file (eg 30MB) over my
> broadband connection using, I get an error message:
>
> Internet Explorer cannot download ..."whatever" from "wherever"
> A non-blocking socket operation could not be completed immediately.
>
> This makes it very difficult to download anything significant and I can't
> find anything on MSKB that points me to how I might fix it.
>
> I'd be very grateful for any pointers or help.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Andrew Beattie
>