Winsock 2 Error When I Start Mechwarrior 4 w/ Broadband

[Orangeman]

Hi Gang,

I've been running Mechwarrior 4 Vengeance for years with dialup. Recently I switched to Broadband. Now Mechwarrior won't run.

When I do I encounter an error message:

"An error was encountered while installing Winsock2. Setup has been cancelled See Setup.log for more information:

Here is the the text of Winsock2:

WS2SETUP begin: 10/18/2004 06:16:12
RegQueryValueEx(VendorInstallDll) failed
VendorWantsMSTCP=1, WantsMSIPX=2, WantsSetupUI=1
WantsMSDNS=1, WantsMSSAP=0
New wsock32.dll file version: 0004000a.00000678
ERROR: unsupported Windows9X version (4,10), canceling setup
WS2SETUP end: failure

WS2SETUP begin: 10/21/2004 03:19:28
RegQueryValueEx(VendorInstallDll) failed
VendorWantsMSTCP=1, WantsMSIPX=2, WantsSetupUI=1
WantsMSDNS=1, WantsMSSAP=0
New wsock32.dll file version: 0004000a.00000678
ERROR: unsupported Windows9X version (4,10), canceling setup
WS2SETUP end: failure

Obviously I don't understand computer-ese well enough to translate this message. Can someone tell me what I have to do to run Mechwarrior?

Thanks,
Orangeman

[TripleRLtd]

Is this the same version game punkinhead?
Winsock 2 is for 2k and XP. So, are you upgrading? If you are upgrading, then you should give XP a try.

[Orangeman]

Is this the same version game punkinhead?
Winsock 2 is for 2k and XP. So, are you upgrading? If you are upgrading, then you should give XP a try.

Thanks Trip,

No, its still Win98 and still the same version of the game.

[TripleRLtd]

So, what tries to install an upgrade to Winsock?

[Orangeman]

So, what tries to install an upgrade to Winsock?

I get the error message I printed above..

Winsock2 is required for Mechwarrior to run..

[TripleRLtd]

I get the error message I printed above..

Winsock2 is required for Mechwarrior to run..

Have you tried to uninstall and reinstall? btw, winsock 2 actually should have already been installed...my mistake.
I have to ask though, the only change was your internet connection type? Are you sure? Then, it must be the game itself.