# Error Message for Blair Witch Project **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 11, 2002, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-message-for-blair-witch-project/142027 "2002-12-11T16:44:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gephydrophobia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Gephydrophobia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gephydrophobia)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-message-for-blair-witch-project/142027/1 "2002-12-11T16:44:28Z")
Hello. I’ve just installed the game ‘Blair Witch - Volume 1 : Rustin Parr’ on my PC. When I try to run the game I get an error window on my screen saying ’ WinDebug cannot GetProc Adddress WSOCK32.dll51’. Can someone help me please.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![deathawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@deathawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deathawk)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-message-for-blair-witch-project/142027/2 "2002-12-11T18:17:23Z")
You don’t mention your OS or other usefull particulars. A search of the MS KB turns up several articles regarding games that have issues if wsock32.dll is missing or corrupted, or located in the wrong folder. See if this article helps any: [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;153614](http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;153614) ---
**Author:** ![deathawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@deathawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deathawk)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-message-for-blair-witch-project/142027/3 "2002-12-11T18:25:41Z")
IT appears others with this game have your same issue. [http://blairwitch.godgames.com/phorum/read.php?f=2&i=1669&t=1669](http://blairwitch.godgames.com/phorum/read.php?f=2&i=1669&t=1669) Looks like there is a patch or something to fix this. I am unfamiliar with this game/company/forum, so here is the usual disclaimer: Always check your downloads for virii if they do not come from a trusted source. That site also has a tech FAQ in addition to the forum. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-message-for-blair-witch-project/142027/4 "2002-12-11T18:29:23Z")
If these suggestions don’t help, do a Google Groups Search of your game and the error. I’ve solved many game issues that way. [http://www.google.com/grphp?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=](http://www.google.com/grphp?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=) ---
**Author:** ![Gephydrophobia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Gephydrophobia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gephydrophobia)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-message-for-blair-witch-project/142027/5 "2002-12-11T18:36:27Z")
Hi again. After posting my original message I did a bit of searching on the web and discovered that there is a problem with running this game with Windows XP. Even if one uses the Conpatbility tweaking it still doesn’t work. I may try that patch mentioned in the link in the message above. On;y when I install my virus checker that is just it case it contains anything dubious. Thanx for help peeps 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gephydrophobia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Gephydrophobia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gephydrophobia)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-message-for-blair-witch-project/142027/6 "2002-12-11T18:41:13Z")
I feel so much less alone, now that I know there are thousands of others out there that share the same problems…😛 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-message-for-blair-witch-project/142027/8 "2019-06-23T04:46:58Z")
Are we to understand that \*\*Gephydrophobia \*\*and \*\*Alias82 \*\*are the same person? If so, please note that you’re only allowed one account on this message board. Send a message to [TubaDiva](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php), the boards administrator, and she will merge your accounts. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-message-for-blair-witch-project/142027/9 "2019-06-23T04:52:14Z")
No _there’s_ a low budget psycho horrer movie…trapped in a room on a computer for 17yrs, scouring the internet for a solution to play a shitty game based on a shitty movie from last century… Edit: I can only assume the game is shitty, as 99% of movie based games are. I welcome reviews. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-message-for-blair-witch-project/142027/10 "2019-06-23T12:23:49Z")
[Moderating] A few things: First of all, since this thread was first active, we’ve gotten a forum just for games, where this would be a better fit. So I’m moving this. Second, it’s a violation of our rules to have multiple screen names, so I’m banning the newer account until such time as we get that straightened out. You need to e-mail [TubaDiva](mailto:tubadiva@aol.com) using the e-mail account you used to register, and explain the situation. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-message-for-blair-witch-project/142027/11 "2019-06-24T02:25:39Z")
Proc 51 in winsock is 'GetHostByAddr". On XP, wsock32 is a shim for ws2\_32.dll. On win2k,XP-32,7-32 there would normally already be a copy of wsock32 in %system32%, which you could copy to your local folder. On 64bit windows, there would be something similar in syswow ???. (On 32 bit systems, there would also be a copy of Winsock.dll, the 16 bit shim, but that doesn’t work on 64 bit windows) My guess would be that the original game came with a copy of wsock32.dll, for Win98, installed in the game directory, and loaded using the full path. When installed on WinXP, it didn’t install its copy of wsock32.dll, because there was a more recent version. But because the game was using the full path to call the dll, the installed dll (in system32) couldn’t be found. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-message-for-blair-witch-project/142027/12 "2019-06-24T20:08:47Z")
Is anyone else struck by the observation that a sock account zombied a thread about winsock? _mind blown_ (Okay, mind not really blown.) ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-message-for-blair-witch-project/142027/13 "2019-06-24T20:15:15Z")
Just sayin’, the “that’s me” could have just been referring to “[someone who is] still experiencing this problem”… ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-message-for-blair-witch-project/142027/14 "2019-06-27T11:15:44Z")
Two things: I also read it as someone different just saying they have the same issue and I thought I had read there was a new Blair Witch game coming soon so it’s funny this thread came back now. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-message-for-blair-witch-project/142027/15 "2019-06-27T17:23:14Z")
If that’s so, then whoever **Alias82** is can clear it up by contacting **TubaDiva** , and so far as I know, e hasn’t yet. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-message-for-blair-witch-project/142027/16 "2019-06-27T17:32:08Z")
Now that the OP is answered, I’m having a problem with this old game called “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.” The graphics are all blocky and there doesn’t appear to be any point to it whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-message-for-blair-witch-project/142027/17 "2019-06-27T23:20:48Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Now that the OP is answered, I’m having a problem with this old game called “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.” The graphics are all blocky and there doesn’t appear to be any point to it whatsoever. If you have a bad copy of the game I believe there is a landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico where you can exchange for another copy. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-message-for-blair-witch-project/142027/18 "2019-06-28T20:12:50Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > If you have a bad copy of the game I believe there is a landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico where you can exchange for another copy. Doubtful. Anything remotely excavatable was removed in 2013.