Re: private zonechat

From: +Elmo_Tech (elmogeek_at_iglou.invalid)
Date: 05/24/04 

Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 12:47:03 -0400

anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
>
> Hi Elmo,
>
> thx again for the response.
> But this is a bit too technical for me.
> I have Norton Antivirus, could that be the problem?
> Adding ports? How do u do that?
> The internal firewall of XP i have switched off.
>
> regards,
>
> Nick
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
> >>
> >> Thx for the answer Elmo.
> >>
> >> I did what you said.
> >> It didn't help. Still no private chat.
> >> I always used it after playing bridge for
> an "afterchat".
> >> (like a sigaret ;-))
> >> Another possible solution?
> >>
> >> regards,
> >>
> >> Nick (from holland)
> >>
> >> >"Nick (from holland)" wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> For some reason I can't invite people to chat from
> >> >> Zonemessages anymore. The problem occured after a
> >> zonechat
> >> >> update. Am I the only one with this problem?
> >> >>
> >> >> regards,
> >> >>
> >> >> Nick
> >> >
> >> >ZChat.dll hasn't been updated since November of last
> >> year, but you can
> >> >delete the file, then reenter the Zone for a fresh
> copy.
> >> >
> >> >Recently updated files are Zone.exe (April),
> Zclient.exe
> >> (April) and
> >> >Zonecli.dll (February). Delete them and try again.
> Also
> >> all the files
> >> >in the ZSetup folder installed in May.
> >> >
> >
> >Do you have a firewall? Some require that programs be
> removed from the
> >allowed list, then the new version be added. New ports
> may have been
> >added to the list of required ports too.

Norton Internet Security is a firewall, but not Norton Antivirus. If
you have a firewall or router, help with the ports can be found here:

http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/PortRoute.html
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/MultiPlayer.html#fwall

The problem could be with the Zone; I haven't tried inviting anyone to
chat in quite awhile. 

-- 
+Elmo_Tech
MSN® Gaming Zone™ - Technical Support
							clvck

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