I can not log onto a Minecraft sever online or log into any of my personal worlds

I have windows 7 and have been trying to make a online sever for me and my cousin to play on and I have not been able to create it or play on it and for about 6 months i have not been able to play any mine craft world or server. There is a error code: (SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error:10106 create) i have minecraft 1.7.10 and can not update it to 1.8 or 1.8.1