When using Squeak3.9.1-final-7075.image or Pharo0.1Core-10259.image from
[1] with the newest VM 3.11.2 provided [2] and try to use Monticello 
or any other web stuff I get:

'Socket status must Unconnected before opening a new connection' in 

HTTPSocket(OldSocket)>>connectTo:port:

the status is -1 compared to Unconnected (which is 0), therefore it 
raises the error. The status is -1 since the call to
#primSocketConnectionStatus: fails since the given handle is nil.
And the given handle is nil since ...

Tested on Vista home. On XP it seems to work.

Bye
Torsten

[1] http://code.google.com/p/pharo/wiki/Downloads?tm=2
[2] http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2009-March/135189.html
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