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anm

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:55 pm
Post subject: Online games (steam) dont work after installing win xp sp2, what to do?
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After i had installed xp service pack 2 the online games from steam dont
work anymore. When i try to start a online game i only get an error
(explorer error i think) and i saty in windows xp. It's probably old news
for most people in here (sp2 has been out for a while) but for me it's not,
so what can i do about it to make the games work. Offline games (steam) are
doing just fine. I'm using adsl as connection. Weird thing is also i cant
reach or start the windows firewall that comes with sp2. Any suggestions?

thanks,

Dick




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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:55 pm
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anm wrote:
> After i had installed xp service pack 2 the online games from steam dont
> work anymore. When i try to start a online game i only get an error
> (explorer error i think) and i saty in windows xp. It's probably old news
> for most people in here (sp2 has been out for a while) but for me it's not,
> so what can i do about it to make the games work. Offline games (steam) are
> doing just fine. I'm using adsl as connection. Weird thing is also i cant
> reach or start the windows firewall that comes with sp2. Any suggestions?

Sounds like the firewall. Start/Control Panel/Windows Firewall.

What firewall were you using before SP2? Some free one's and SP2 didn't
get on very well though I imagine all those problems have been cured
with patches by now. Do you have the latest version?

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:55 pm
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"Shawk" <shawk.TakeThisOut@clara.net.3guesses> schreef in bericht
news:1153257147.21215.0@iris.uk.clara.net...
> anm wrote:
>> After i had installed xp service pack 2 the online games from steam dont
>> work anymore. When i try to start a online game i only get an error
>> (explorer error i think) and i saty in windows xp. It's probably old news
>> for most people in here (sp2 has been out for a while) but for me it's
>> not, so what can i do about it to make the games work. Offline games
>> (steam) are doing just fine. I'm using adsl as connection. Weird thing is
>> also i cant reach or start the windows firewall that comes with sp2. Any
>> suggestions?
>
> Sounds like the firewall. Start/Control Panel/Windows Firewall.
>
> What firewall were you using before SP2? Some free one's and SP2 didn't
> get on very well though I imagine all those problems have been cured with
> patches by now. Do you have the latest version?
Zonealarm and it's the lastest version. I still use it. The problem is i
cant change anything or disable (as i wrote before) the sp2 firewall. And
"Start/Control Panel/Windows Firewall" doesnt work.
something like: "the adjustments of windows firewall cant be shown because
of an unknown problem."
I have a dutch xp version and windows update is updated. Any clues?

gr

Dick


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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:55 am
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anm wrote:
> "Shawk" <shawk RemoveThis @clara.net.3guesses> schreef in bericht
> news:1153257147.21215.0@iris.uk.clara.net...
>
>>anm wrote:
>>
>>>After i had installed xp service pack 2 the online games from steam dont
>>>work anymore. When i try to start a online game i only get an error
>>>(explorer error i think) and i saty in windows xp. It's probably old news
>>>for most people in here (sp2 has been out for a while) but for me it's
>>>not, so what can i do about it to make the games work. Offline games
>>>(steam) are doing just fine. I'm using adsl as connection. Weird thing is
>>>also i cant reach or start the windows firewall that comes with sp2. Any
>>>suggestions?
>>
>>Sounds like the firewall. Start/Control Panel/Windows Firewall.
>>
>>What firewall were you using before SP2? Some free one's and SP2 didn't
>>get on very well though I imagine all those problems have been cured with
>>patches by now. Do you have the latest version?
>
> Zonealarm and it's the lastest version. I still use it. The problem is i
> cant change anything or disable (as i wrote before) the sp2 firewall. And
> "Start/Control Panel/Windows Firewall" doesnt work.
> something like: "the adjustments of windows firewall cant be shown because
> of an unknown problem."
> I have a dutch xp version and windows update is updated. Any clues?
>
> gr
>
> Dick


Check your DX.. I had a similar problem where sp2 uninstalled 9.c and
installed 9.b ...in the end I had to remove sp2.

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