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More info?)
OK, here is what I have found out.
Downloaded MSN7 from download.com, installed, and everything works
fine.
Upgraded to MSN9, game not working in MSN Explorer.
So MSN9 definitely has a problem that prevents reinstallation from
working properly.
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 18:51:36 GMT, urh <urh@hotmail.com> wrote:
>When I first signed on with MSN, the game works fine from MSN Explorer
>without adjusting anything. After I reinstalled my operating system
>and MSN, I get the same "connection could not be established" error
>and I have tried adjusting every settings from MSN explore and IE6.
>The game now only works in IE6 and not MSN Explorer anymore.
>
>Maybe someone can verify this that the fresh sign on with MSN works.
>
>I am running Windows 2000 without any firewall and virus software.
>
>On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 07:47:11 -0800, tsunami_skipper
><tsunami_skipper@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>All my MSN settings are the same as IE 6. To make this even more strange, I
>>can get into a Bridge room through MSN Messenger and the game opens in the
>>MSN browser! But if I try to enter the room directly from the browser, I get
>>the Error message. I was told by the MSN Help folk that the problem started
>>happening about the time they had a new release of the browser. Is there a
>>Community that supports the MSN 9 browser?
>>
>>"Elmo" wrote:
>>
>>> tsunami_skipper wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Whenever I try to enter a Bridge room using my MSN 9 browser, I get an Error
>>> > message "A connection to the game server could not be established.
>>> > Unspecified error." However, if I switch to IE 6, I can enter every time! MSN
>>> > Premium is not a cheap service and I like the features, but this is very
>>> > frustrating. A call to the MSN Premium Help Desk resulted in no useful
>>> > information. Can anyone help?
>>>
>>> An MSN browser setting is probably blocking access.. Do you have a
>>> firewall, cookie blocker web accelerator, etc. running through the MSN
>>> browser, but not IE?
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> +Elmo_Tech
>>> MSN® Gaming Zone™ - Technical Support
>>>
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