MSN M7 Clubhouse games

Does anyone know what would cause the games list to NOT appear in MSN
messenger 7 when you click on the games button? All active X settings in
explorer are enabled so I dont think its an active X problem.

I am able to chat with my contacts no problem so I dont think its an issue
with Norton internet security blocking anything.

I click the button and it says 'contacting service'.. then nothing happens.

When this button is clicked, whats going on in Messenger? Does this start
another program or possabbly have some advertisement element that norton may
not like? Are there any odd ports other than the normal ones used by
msnmessenger.exe that might need to be opened when this button is clicked?

thanks.
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