Packet Writer Failure

Hi,
I am experiencing the following error on a Oracle client PC:
ORA-12571 : TNS Packet Writer Failure. The client PC cannot access any Oracle database, even by using Sql.
The networking environment seems to be 100 % OK.
Analysing the listener trace on the server did not help, nor did re-installing the Oracle client.
Any idea about the problem ?
Many thanks
Christian

The network was OK as well as the service names. The listener was running, since other PCs were connecting without any problem. I could see in the listener trace that the connection request was being received and processed by the server like those from other PCs. So...the issue remains a mystery.
I resolved the problem by installing Client 8.1.7 instead of 8.1.6.
Anyway, thanks for your assistance.
Christian

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