Googling 'winsock error 10013' gives a number of suggestions. The consensus seems to be that it is a PC corruption problem. However, before following any of those suggestions I would suggest re-installing WinBMD. Barrie Lisa Dominey wrote: > Dear All, > > > > I have a new transcriber who cannot upload her file to FreeBMD. The > following message appears: > > > > "Error number 10013-the requested address is a broadcast address, but flag > is not set." > > > > I can find nothing in the Archives to help. > > > > Does anyone know what the problem is, and how this can be rectified? > > > > > > Lisa Siddall > > ID4 > > > > > > > --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner--