Computor geek needed

[Uncle Sparky]

So I went on line about an hour ago, checked my e-mail, deleted unopened the usual 10 - 20 unsolicited pieces of spam, read the 2 real e-mails then went to Apolyton and nationstates.net...

This message popped up four or five times, as I moved from screen to screen :

A required .DLL file, WS2_32.DLL, was not found.

What does it mean ? I've never seen it before, should I be worried ?

[Urban Ranger]

If you use XP, you may boot from the CD, and attempt the "repair" function.

[Uncle Sparky]

I use Windows'95. Everything appears normal. Any idea what a "DLL file, WS2_32.DLL" does?
Maybe I never had one to begin with...

[laurentius]

There is a site somewhere in the net where you can download all missing dll-files

[laurentius]

http://www.dll-files.com/

There it is. And stop calling me a computor geek

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by laurentius
There it is. And stop calling me a computor geek

My apologies. You should be a computer geek.

[laurentius]

http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?ws2_32

[laurentius]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


My apologies. You should be a computer geek.

[Uncle Sparky]

Thank you for the link. But before I download it, do you have any idea what it is used for ? As I mentioned, everything seems to be working allright. I'd hate to download a file that makes spam tastier to my computer.

[Pekka]

You can call me computer geek if you want to.. but this object has list of cool things like sexy beastiness.
Also I have some cool methods like killEveryone() and whatsUpNowBiaatch() .. oh yeah, don't mess with the geeks.

[laurentius]

Sorry Sparky, I dont have any clue what is it used for

[Urban Ranger]

It is Windows NT 4.0 Windows sockets DLL

[laurentius]

Oh wait, heres something

ws2_32 - ws2_32.dll - DLL Information

DLL File: ws2_32 or ws2_32.dll
DLL Name: WinSock 2.0 32bit
Description: Contains the Windows Sockets API used by most internet and network applications to handle network connections
System DLL: Yes

Common Errors: File Not Found, Missing File, Exception Errors
Solution: Download WinTasks to find out which application is using this DLL. Many problems can be solved by resinstalling this application. If the DLL is missing, download it to your windows system folder.

[Uncle Sparky]

Originally posted by laurentius
Oh wait, heres something

ws2_32 - ws2_32.dll - DLL Information

DLL File: ws2_32 or ws2_32.dll
DLL Name: WinSock 2.0 32bit
Description: Contains the Windows Sockets API used by most internet and network applications to handle network connections
System DLL: Yes

Common Errors: File Not Found, Missing File, Exception Errors
Solution: Download WinTasks to find out which application is using this DLL. Many problems can be solved by resinstalling this application. If the DLL is missing, download it to your windows system folder.

Since I'm not on a network and everything else seems to be working, should I bother downloading it ?

Do you have one on your machine ?

[Skanky Burns]

Have you run a scan for viruses and spyware?
If you aren't running any programs that attempt to connect to the net at random times, then chances are you don't want whatever it is to succeed in connecting to the net.