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From: diskhopper@VERT/DISKHOPP (Diskhopper)
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Subject: synchronet 3.19b and windows xp
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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2023 01:00:00 -0800
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by: Diskhopper - Sun, 26 Mar 2023 09:00 UTC

hello not sure if im in the right place to post this
I have an old Windows xp machine with a fresh install
of windows xp with sp3
installed the visual runtimes
and installed synchronet, installed fine
but when the system starts up to go through the configuration
wiz. i get a error message that says
sbbsctrl.exe entry point not found
"the procedure entry point inet_ntop could not be located in the dynamic link
library ws2_32.dll"
i checked the file is in my windows system32 directory
anyone come by this and know a fix
thanks shawn

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synchronet 3.19b and windows xp

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From: digital.man@VERT (Digital Man)
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Subject: synchronet 3.19b and windows xp
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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2023 05:55:15 -0700
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by: Digital Man - Sun, 26 Mar 2023 12:55 UTC

Re: synchronet 3.19b and windows xp
By: Diskhopper to All on Sun Mar 26 2023 08:00 am

> hello not sure if im in the right place to post this
> I have an old Windows xp machine with a fresh install
> of windows xp with sp3
> installed the visual runtimes
> and installed synchronet, installed fine
> but when the system starts up to go through the configuration
> wiz. i get a error message that says
> sbbsctrl.exe entry point not found
> "the procedure entry point inet_ntop could not be located in the dynamic
> link library ws2_32.dll"
> i checked the file is in my windows system32 directory
> anyone come by this and know a fix

Yup, install a recent v3.20 development build (sbbs_dev.zip and sbbs_run.zip) over the v3.19b and it'll work on XP.
wiki.synchro.net/install:dev
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synchronet 3.19b and windows xp	Diskhopper
synchronet 3.19b and windows xp	Digital Man