Simple Server problems...

well just writing my first server here. here is some of what ive got:

void acceptproc(void *pParam) {
SOCKET theClient;

theClient = accept((SOCKET)pParam,
NULL, NULL);
if (theClient == INVALID_SOCKET) {
printf("Error at accept()");
closesocket(theClient);
_endthread();
}

_beginthread(acceptproc,0,pParam);

// start the thread for sending receiving...

printf("acceptproc ending.");
_endthread();
}

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
WORD version = MAKEWORD(1,1);
WSADATA wsaData;
int nRet;

//Start Winsock
WSAStartup(version, &wsaData);

//Create the socket
SOCKET listeningSocket;

listeningSocket = socket(AF_INET, // Go over TCP/IP
SOCK_STREAM, // Socket type
IPPROTO_TCP); // Protocol
if (listeningSocket == INVALID_SOCKET) {
printf("Error at socket()");
return 0;
}

// Use SOCKADDR_IN to fill in address information
SOCKADDR_IN saServer;

saServer.sin_family = AF_INET;
saServer.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
saServer.sin_port = htons(8888);
nRet = bind(listeningSocket, (LPSOCKADDR)&saServer, sizeof(struct sockaddr));
if (nRet == SOCKET_ERROR) {
printf("Error at bind()");
return 0;
}

// Make the socket listen
nRet = listen(listeningSocket, 10);
if (nRet == SOCKET_ERROR) {
printf("Error at listen()");
return 0;
}

_beginthread(acceptproc,0,(void *)listeningSocket);

closesocket(listeningSocket);

// Shutdown Winsock
WSACleanup();
}


this piece along with the other bits that i dont have problems with compile, but when i run the program, then it fails at accept(). theClient come out as and INVALID_SOCKET.... alright. if you can tell me what is wrong.