from web-based applications like Windows Update to your system’s network infrastructure. It is a DLL file that resides on your hard drive. The Winsock component, like any DLL file, can become corrupt or contain wrong configurations. It could very well be the cause of the 0x800f0900 error...
KiIdleLoop+0x2c STACK_COMMAND: kb FOLLOWUP_IP: nt!PoIdle+53a fffff800`02ad50ca 0fba25761518000f bt dword ptr [<Unloaded_Unknown_Module_00000000`00000000>+0x181576 (00000000`00181576)],0Fh SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 1 SYMBOL_NAME: nt!PoIdle+53a FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner MODULE_NAME: nt ...