Hi Mary,
Feel free to mail the sheet but try this first...

Uncheck the reference to winsock and run this sub...do you get an
error?

Sub Createthis()
Dim objWinSock as Object

Set objWinSock = CreateObject("WinSock")

End SUb

FYI, early binding is creating a reference to an object in the
ToolsReferences dialog and the above code is an example of Late
Binding...

Hth,
OJ