i'm desperate for some help..

I've got a problem with playing Age of Empires on zone.com. I had this problem with my last computer, and I'm continuing to have it with this new computer. Both computers have XP, and both are hooked up to the same router. I've been dmz host with both. The problem is that I have to host games in order to make it into the games. It will not allow me to join a game successfully. I've disabled my XP firewall, any soft firewalls, and I've made myself DMZ host. I did join a game my VERY first game I played on this new computer and it worked; however, it has not worked since then. If anyone can help me please reply or send me an instant message me at jason_cook_@hotmail.com. Thanks

Hi Jason,

To see if the issue is being caused by your router, connect
directly to your internet modem instead of the router and
test the game.

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Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


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| I've got a problem with playing Age of Empires on zone.com. I had this problem with my last computer, and I'm continuing to have
it with this new computer. Both computers have XP, and both are hooked up to the same router. I've been dmz host with both. The
problem is that I have to host games in order to make it into the games. It will not allow me to join a game successfully. I've
disabled my XP firewall, any soft firewalls, and I've made myself DMZ host. I did join a game my VERY first game I played on this
new computer and it worked; however, it has not worked since then. If anyone can help me please reply or send me an instant message
me at jason_cook_@hotmail.com. Thanks