Re: [Gaim-devel] Fwd: GAIM 2.0 Beta 6

[Stephen E. <spe...@gm...>]

On 2/28/07, Daniel Atallah <dan...@gm...> wrote:
> > ----- Forwarded message from James Seltzer <jam...@ya...> -----
> >   I downloaded the latest version in hopes to be able to reconnect, but I continue to get this message:
> >
> >   Lost connection to server:
> >   Windows socket error #10107
>
> According to the Microsoft documentation
> (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms740668.aspx) this means "A
> system call that should never fail has failed".
>
> I'm guessing that the most likely cause is a software firewall that is
> doing something bad.
>
> -D
>
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I'll try to confirm the precise error number, but this looks similar
to a problem a coworker had.

The solution was to remove Gaim from the Windows Firewall exceptions,
then add it again.

Stephen