Problems with dialup

Hi Zombiwe,

After you install Zone Alarm, it installs it's True Vector service.
This service can block traffic to and from your computer. The
proper way to resolve your problem, is to narrow down all the
variables. Completely uninstall Zone Alarm, and put your XP
firewall back on. Gamespy works seamlessly with XP's firewall. :-)

* Visit Zonelabs.com for extra uninstallation information, included
obscure files that it may leave, and registry settings (older versions).

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

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"Zombiwe" <zombiwe@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:e23dd780.0311250836.1c543752@posting.google.c om...
| I'm having problems connecting to multiplayer games and I think it has
| something to do with ports being locked down.
|
| I used to have a broadband connection and everything was fine. Had to
| go back to dialup(SBC Yahoo) when I moved and haven't tried
| multiplayer in couple of months since. Had to get a new modem in the
| meantime(Zoom 56K).
|
| Standard internet connectivity, email and downloading work fine.
| Removed the network card so the system wouldn't be confused. Have
| Zonealarm installed but it's not running and XP firewall is turned
| off. Had to reinstall SBC software but removed all the extra junk
| like browser bar and connection manager that comes with it.
|
| Gamespy won't bring back servers, can't log on to America's Army,
| can't connect to BF1942 games, Gamespy Arcade won't start because it
| can't get through firewall and can't start a Ravenshield game on
| Ubi.com.
|
| Is there some old connection setting in my registry screwing things
| up? If I wasn't on dialup then I reinstall XP but it would take
| forever to download all the XP patches again. Any ideas? Weird stuff
| like after I removed the network card, Windows update found 3 fixes
| that it didn't list before.
|
| Zombiwe