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In article <driptonD...@netcom.com>, dri...@netcom.com (David Ripton) writes:
|> sbr...@new-orleans.neosoft.com (Steve C. Brown) wrote:
|> 
|> >In article <42uja9$d...@news.global1.net> lem...@globalone.net (lemming) writes:
|> >>From: lem...@globalone.net (lemming)
|> 
|> >>From what I saw on C|Net yesterday, it looks like Win95 people have problems
|> >>with getting on the internet unless they buy Microsofts internet package. 
|> >>Maybe that's why they are so silent.I tell you it's a damn conspiracy.
|> 
|> You shouldn't believe everything you hear on TV.  Setting up the
|> TCP/IP is a bit of a pain, but networking almost always is.
|> Everything defaults to MSN, of course, but that's easily fixed.
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Here's the deal.  Apparently if you use MSN or use Microsoft's Web Browser
your existing winsock.dll in WINDOWS directory will be renamed to winsock.old,
and Microsoft's winsock.dll will be added in its place.  This has resulted
in people trying out MSN, then being unable to connect to their previous
Internet provider 'cause their net apps are looking for a different 
winsock.dll.  It's probably not an evil conspiracy (the problem is 
easily fixed by putting your winsock.dll in a different directory), but
it is an example of Microsoft being careless and arrogant.  (Note:  all
the details here may not be 100% correct; I'm typing this from memory.)

Now back to your regularly scheduled action gaming.

jeff s.
jso...@marcam.com