Expand CollapseJust a second... Socket issues To fix these problems, complete the following steps based on platform. Windows Setting values on Windows™ Linux Configuring sockets values on Linux™ UNIX Increasing the number of files a process on a UNIX system can open also increases the number of sockets that process can open. The operating system uses file descriptors to handle filesystem files as well as pseudo files, such as connections and sockets. Parent topic: Platform-specific issues