Originally posted here by hellbringer87
maybe you could try and use the winsock API?

http://216.26.168.92/vbapi/ref/funcc.html#winsock
That will most likely work, and is better to use then the control anyway. You are definately having this problem because you are using learning edition, which is free or very inexpensive. Sorry to say it, but if you are gonna get serious with VB, you will have to buy a better version. Learning edition is just what it says, its ok when you are just starting to learn.