Subj : synchronet 3.19b and windows xp
To   : Diskhopper
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Mar 26 2023 12:55:15

  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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