From: dolom <marco@...>
Date: 2005-08-19T18:06:17+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyGems or any HTTP on XP NOT working

Hi everybody,

just to add that I had the same problem on my XP machine: following
your suggestions I noticed that further to the default ones my
protocols listed Google Desktop and PGP so I got rid of the latter and
my ruby sockets started working perfectly.

Thank you everybody for your helpful postings!

-- Marco --

Barry wrote:
> Hi Glenn,
>
> Thanks for the pointer.  I was able to resolve the issue for my office
> machine by removing the 3rd-party winsock component.  I will have to
> try the same thing on my home machine tonight and report back the
> results.
>
> It turned out to be a winsock installed by my company's VPN,
> NetScreen/Neoteris, that was causing the problem for Ruby.  The
> solution I did was using "install/remove LSP" provided by NetScreen to
> remove it.  The NetScrere LSP remove program says you can use it if
> Internet connection is not working, so I assume the VPN will work
> without it.  I will have to try it on my XP machine at home, and
> hopefully it will resolve the Ruby issue and my VPN will continue
> working.
>
> There's a MS KB at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811259 that shows
> you how to verify your winsock with "msinfo32" if anyone is interested.
> 
> Thanks the help from everyone,
> 
> Barry