Cannot load Socket xctl ???!!! Please Help Me!!!?>>!!

Hi, I need some help here...whenever i turn my computer on i get this DNS error that says Failed to load socket xctl form socketxctl.oxc can someone please tell me how to fix this problem....And i don t know if this is relevant to this issue but i was tryin to play command and conquer generals today and it keeps shutting down halfway through the match and it says something like "Generals has encountered a serious error and needs to shut down...this could be caused by hardware issues, viruses, or over heating"...is this linked to the SocketXCtl error or is it something different...can someone please help me fix these problems...