Windows socket errors

This document lists a number of possible causes for the following 'windows socket' errors:. If you see a broken image, please right-click and select 'Open image in a new tab'.

We apologize for this inconvenience. Windows socket errors. Re-cycling the system will cause the new system Registry updates from the RA install to be read in by the OS. A system reboot may also correct this condition as well. You are actually struck by Windows socket error. Just like an adapter which connects two things that directly cannot be connected, Windows socket plays a role of connecting bridge between software and network.

For instance, your internet browser, which is a software program, will not be able to access data network. There are various causes of windows socket error. Windows socket errors are going to take place frequently unless you clean your computer regularly. As we have seen that viruses and malware cause windows socket error, it is wise to run an antivirus scan on your whole system with any installed antivirus software.

One or more parameters are invalid. An application used a Windows Sockets function which directly maps to a Windows function. The Windows function is indicating a problem with one or more parameters. Overlapped operation aborted. The application has tried to determine the status of an overlapped operation which is not yet completed. Overlapped operations will complete later.

The application has initiated an overlapped operation that cannot be completed immediately. A completion indication will be given later when the operation has been completed. Interrupted function call. File handle is not valid. The file handle supplied is not valid. Permission denied. An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions.

Such exclusive access is a new feature of Windows NT 4. Bad address. The system detected an invalid pointer address in attempting to use a pointer argument of a call. This error occurs if an application passes an invalid pointer value, or if the length of the buffer is too small. For instance, if the length of an argument, which is a sockaddr structure, is smaller than the sizeof sockaddr.

Invalid argument. Some invalid argument was supplied for example, specifying an invalid level to the setsockopt function. In some instances, it also refers to the current state of the socket—for instance, calling accept on a socket that is not listening. Too many open files.

Too many open sockets. Each implementation may have a maximum number of socket handles available, either globally, per process, or per thread.

Resource temporarily unavailable. This error is returned from operations on nonblocking sockets that cannot be completed immediately, for example recv when no data is queued to be read from the socket.

It is a nonfatal error, and the operation should be retried later. Operation now in progress. A blocking operation is currently executing. Operation already in progress. An operation was attempted on a nonblocking socket with an operation already in progress—that is, calling connect a second time on a nonblocking socket that is already connecting, or canceling an asynchronous request WSAAsyncGetXbyY that has already been canceled or completed.

Socket operation on nonsocket. An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket. Destination address required. A required address was omitted from an operation on a socket.

Message too long. A message sent on a datagram socket was larger than the internal message buffer or some other network limit, or the buffer used to receive a datagram was smaller than the datagram itself.

Protocol wrong type for socket. A protocol was specified in the socket function call that does not support the semantics of the socket type requested. Bad protocol option.

An unknown, invalid or unsupported option or level was specified in a getsockopt or setsockopt call. Protocol not supported. The requested protocol has not been configured into the system, or no implementation for it exists. Socket type not supported. The support for the specified socket type does not exist in this address family.

Operation not supported. The attempted operation is not supported for the type of object referenced. Usually this occurs when a socket descriptor to a socket that cannot support this operation is trying to accept a connection on a datagram socket.

Protocol family not supported. The protocol family has not been configured into the system or no implementation for it exists. Address family not supported by protocol family. An address incompatible with the requested protocol was used. This error is returned if an incorrect protocol is explicitly requested in the socket call, or if an address of the wrong family is used for a socket, for example, in sendto.

Address already in use. Client applications usually need not call bind at all— connect chooses an unused port automatically. Cannot assign requested address. The requested address is not valid in its context. This normally results from an attempt to bind to an address that is not valid for the local computer.

Network is down. A socket operation encountered a dead network. This could indicate a serious failure of the network system that is, the protocol stack that the Windows Sockets DLL runs over , the network interface, or the local network itself. Network is unreachable. A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable network. This usually means the local software knows no route to reach the remote host.

Network dropped connection on reset. The connection has been broken due to keep-alive activity detecting a failure while the operation was in progress. Software caused connection abort. An established connection was aborted by the software in your host computer, possibly due to a data transmission time-out or protocol error. Connection reset by peer. An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.

This error may also result if a connection was broken due to keep-alive activity detecting a failure while one or more operations are in progress. No buffer space available. An operation on a socket could not be performed because the system lacked sufficient buffer space or because a queue was full. Socket is already connected. A connect request was made on an already-connected socket. Socket is not connected.