>>>

oSock = CREATEOBJECT("MSWinsock.Winsock.1")
>>>? oSock.LocalIP

should work.

>>George why does it work with or without the .1?

>It is a version number. There are usually two entries in the registry. The current version you have installed and a version independent entry that redirects COM calls to the versioned entry.
>
>So either will work.

Without looking it up I presume if you have more than one version the version independent entry redirects to the most recent or latest version?