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> When I run the code below on Vista 32 (or 64) with a non admin account it
> fails.  On Vista, as Adminit works with no problems.  On XP it works with
> no
> problem as admin or non-admin.
>
> Please Help!!!
>
> Error, code to follow:
> =============================
> F:\>webtest
> Message: Unable to read data from the transport connection: A non-blocking
> socket operation could not be completed immediately.
> StackTrace:    at System.Net.ConnectStream.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32
> offset,
> Int32 size)
>   at System.IO.StreamReader.ReadBuffer()
>   at System.IO.StreamReader.ReadToEnd()
>   at WebTest.WebTest.Main(String[] args)
> Inner Exception: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: A non-blocking socket
> operation could not be completed immediately
>   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Receive(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32
> size, SocketFlags socketFlags)
>   at System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset,
> Int32 size)
> Done
>
> Code
> =========================
> using System;
> using System.Net;
> using System.IO;
>
> namespace WebTest
> {
>    class WebTest
>    {
>        static void Main(string[] args)
>        {
>            try{
>                HttpWebRequest webreq =
> (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/automobile");
>                WebResponse webresp = webreq.GetResponse();
>                Stream s = webresp.GetResponseStream();
>                StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(s);
>                string page = sr.ReadToEnd();
>                webresp.Close();
>                Console.WriteLine("no error");
>            }
>            catch(Exception e)
>            {
>                string err = "Message: " + e.Message + Environment.NewLine;
>                err += "StackTrace: " + e.StackTrace;
>                err += "Inner Exception: " + e.InnerException;
>
>                Console.WriteLine(err);
>            }
>            Console.WriteLine("Done");
>        }
>    }
> }
>
>