Hi senolgunes,

Sounds like there's a firewall in your Router or Broadband Modem:

Call the tech support for that unit, and ask them to either setup a "DMZ"
(De-Militarized Zone which means the firewall is disabled) to bypass the
built-in firewall, or open the necessary ports in the equipment with you.

Here's the List of all Ports used by Zone
and DX Games: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/PortRoute.html#ports

To setup your router yourself visit: www.portforward.com/routers.htm

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I keep receiving the following error message...This application has failed
to start because d3dx9_30.dll was not found. Re-installing the application
may fix the problem.

I have tried to reinstall the game three times, same error message. Am I
missing software from MSFT to load the game successfully?

Thank you!

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This is a great opportunity to learn a bit about Windows Vista from
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As with all Windows XP General chats, we will still take any questions and
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My computer crashed yesterday after I tried to open up another program before
another program finished closing. I think it rewrote my bios or somehow
changed by startup instructions because now windows xp takes considerably
longer to start and there's a noticeable slowdown on nearly every program
especially games. What did windows xp change?

I am not sure if I should download the game 2 moons. I have not heard of it
being safe or not safe to download. My question is has anyone heard of this
game being safe or unsafe.

Hey everyone,
I decided to grab my Diablo 2 cd off the shelf after a couple of years and
install it on my new computer. Unfortunately, When I try to run it the
cinematics don't start. On the Blizzard web page it says the problem is most
likely due to ad blocking software on my computer. I know I have ad blocking,
but I don't know how to find it and temporarily disable it. I checked with
Symantec, and it's not from my version of Norton Antivirus. Where should I
look, and how can I disable it?

Hi Jimmy i did everything u said and when i try to download from the disc
this is what comes up.....Encore autorun has encountered a problem and has
to close...Encore i guess is who puts out the disc's butthe offical name is
Hoyle....is their anything i can do about this auto run thing?.....i
searched and i seem to have auto run but it was in a lot of different
places......the main thing it says is Encore autorun has encoured a problem
and has to close that is as far as i can get....any help would be
appreciated....:)......Patsy

Hi Patsy,
Let's try some basic troubleshooting. If the problem still persists
please post back and we'll try some more steps. Good luck! :-)

1. To see if it's a software conflict: Temporarily disable Startup
programs one at a time, starting with Firewall, Antivirus, and ad
blockers using this utility: http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
or this method: http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php

You can lookup what a program does before you disable it here:
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php

Hi,

I can't use my joystick under Windows XP x64 edition. In Device Manager
appears an Unsupported Standard Game Port. What is the cause and how can I
solve it? (I installed all the motherboard drivers and the joystick doesn't
need any because works fine on Windows XP Pro x32 SP2

Thank you

I am really insecure about downloading games. I want to play a couple of
games online, but they have to be downloaded, and installed in my computer. I
am wandering if there is any potential harm, that can be done to my computer.
If there is potential harm, is there any thing I can do to get rid of them.
Or do you guys have any other ways to do things.

every time i try to install a game it's say's not a valid win/32 application
or something like that. i already tried the repair thing with exe file. and
also it does'nt play dvd like it used to it freezes doing viewing and when i
play certain games like madden 2005 it minimizes to the taskbar during play
and i would have to click it to get it to come back up again. can anyone help.