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ksa wrote: > Hello All, > > I have installed CVSNT 2.0.51 on a Windows XP machine. When i tried to add a > repository from the control panel, it gives me a error saying "Repository > Initialization failed" and asked me to run a command from the command > prompt. > > If i run it from the command prompt, i get the following error > > C:\Program Files\cvsnt>cvs init > cvs init: Error connecting to host 127.0.0.1: An invalid argument was > supplied. > > cvs [init aborted]: Couldn't connect to lock server > > Can someone point me in the right direction to fix this. > > Thanks > > It sounds like LockServer isn't running on your machine. Make sure you've set it to run and that should take care of the lockserver error. The exact service name is "CVSNT Locking Service". If it is running, then you might have Anti-Virus or a firewall interfering with it. There's also a utility I've seen referenced here that fixes the XP networking stack in some cases. -- Glen Starrett