>See if mskb #Q192693 or mskb #Q146219 applies to your problem. What's exact OLE error # and message?

Thanks Sergey...

I don't think either of them apply. the 1st comes close to the mscomdlg issue, but not the winsock issue. the 2nd one is not the problem...

Error # 1426
Message: OLE error code 0x80040112: Class is not licensed for use.

-josh