Windows Sockets Error – WSAEINVALIDPROVIDER 10105

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Windows Socket Error WSAEINVALIDPROVIDER
10105 returned by the WSAGetLastError function in Windows as well a quick description about the error

Windows Socket Error Code

WSAEINVALIDPROVIDER
10105

Windows Socket Error Description

Service provider is invalid.
The requested service provider is invalid. This error is returned by the WSCGetProviderInfo and WSCGetProviderInfo32 functions if the protocol entry specified could not be found. This error is also returned if the service provider returned a version number other than 2.0.