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
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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.
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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.