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To: James F. Hopkins who wrote (1636)2/19/1997 7:17:00 AM
From: LordDarley   of 13594
 
<Some Advise to AOL users that sign off that I bet AOL don't give,
go find your winsock.dll..if its about 11 k look for one named winsock.old that's about 57 k ( the 32 bit version ) and rename it back to winsock.dll>

This was fascinating. I have Windows 95 and the AOL 3.0 software. For internet I use an ISP and Microsoft explorer.

I did a search for Winsock.dll and found several versions. You are right that the AOL Winsock (in the AOL directory) is smaller and presumably a 16 bit version. However, I believe it doesn't screw up the 32 bit Winsock version which I use for internet because that one is in a different directory.

So the problem may not be as insidious as you suggest, at least for people with ISP's. There is no need to wipe out the AOL version of the winsock.dll file; just keep it in the AOL3.0 directory where it installs. Your point that the AOL winsock is a more primitive version is a good point, however. Thanks for the insight.
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