msn game zone euchre

[Guest]

O.K. I broke down finally. I have tried everything but I am having major problems with trying to play euchre on this site. I have windows xp and i am signed on as the administrator and changed my settings like it said and I still cannot play. Here's the dilemma....I can sign on fine; join a table fine; chat fine; however, when I launch I end up being the only one in the room. The other scenario is that if I join a game then I either I cannot see all the players or I show that it is someone else's turn when the other players' are saying that it is my turn. I appreciate anything anyone can tell me about this! PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi "jordyn"

Do you have a networking device such as a router or NAT modem?

If so, call their tech support and ask them to either setup a "DMZ"
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
(There's also do it yourself instructions posted further down that page)

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| O.K. I broke down finally. I have tried everything but I am having major problems with trying to play euchre on this site. I
have windows xp and i am signed on as the administrator and changed my settings like it said and I still cannot play. Here's the
dilemma....I can sign on fine; join a table fine; chat fine; however, when I launch I end up being the only one in the room. The
other scenario is that if I join a game then I either I cannot see all the players or I show that it is someone else's turn when the
other players' are saying that it is my turn. I appreciate anything anyone can tell me about this! PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!

 

[Chris H.]

Since you're logging on, etc., it sounds like a Zone issue, and you should
address that with all your documented information in one of The Zone
newsgroups like microsoft.public.games.zone.card.

Like Jimmy mentioned, if The Zone is using DirectX ports and you're on a
LAN, this Knowledge Base article cited below will assist (for information)
without exposing the computer to a DMZ situation. The key is to remember to
forward the ports to the machine within a LAN which is actually playing the
game, not the router or another computer which may be connected to the
router/base station. Here's the KB article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;240429 The actual
ports needed can be obtained on The Zone.
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Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
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