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#99 Error Message

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nobody
startup (89)
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2002-10-29
2002-10-16
Anonymous
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Hello, I just discovered Privoxy. Great idea! I'm running
Windows ME. I've been having trouble. Whenever I start
Privoxy I get an error message:
Oct 15 23:53:17 Privoxy(-738189) Fatal error: can't
bind to 127.0.0.1:8118: bacause WSAENETDOWN -
Network is down.
What is this 'Network' and when will it be up again? I
really want to use this software.....I hate ads!!!

Any help offered would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
in advance.
Thanks for your kindness in this matter.

Patrick

Discussion

  • Andreas Oesterhelt

    • status: open --> closed
     
  • Andreas Oesterhelt

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    This looks like a problem with your Windows
    TCP/IP configuration. Taken from a random result
    of a Google search for WSAENETDOWN:

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    WSAENETDOWN - Error 10050
    Product: Version: Platform: ALL ALL ALL

    Question/Problem: Network is down.

    Answer/Solution: A socket operation encountered a dead
    network. Check your Winsock, protocol stack, network driver,
    and network interface card configuration. Note that this
    error occurs rarely, because a Winsock implementation cannot
    reliably detect hardware problems.

     
  • Nobody/Anonymous

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    You may be configured for only DUN (Dial-Up Networking). The "Network" in your PC doesn't exist for you until you
    dial into & connect to your ISP. Try starting up Privoxy after doing that.

     

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