Help with Winsock controls

[Phrucked]

I've been using VB for a few months now, and I've decided to write a small messaging program to use over a network so I can familiarize myself with Winsock. However, when I attempt to draw a winsock control onto my form, I get an error message:

Class not registered.
Looking for object with CLSID:{248DD896-BB45-11CF-9ABC-0080C7E7B78DA}

I also downloaded the mswinsck.ocx file a few days ago, could this be the problem? Thank in advance.

[ChiefRB]

Which version of VB do you have, and where did you download the OCX from? You shouldn't have needed to download it, since it comes with VB... but you must have the right edition of VB, since you're not licensed to use it in some editions.

[Stiletto]

Stupid Winsock.
If you are missing some DLL and OCX files, try to reinstall VB..

[Phrucked]

I have version 6 of VB and it's the Learning Edition, if that helps. I can't remember where I got the .ocx, but I know it wasn't Microsoft's homepage.

[ChiefRB]

You don't have the correct license to use Winsock at design time. So it won't work, no matter where you download it from.

[Phrucked]

Okay, so no Winsock. What can I do with the learning edition? I'm looking to tune up my VB skills and have something challenging to do over the sumer. Any ideas?