Rooms flashing

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Hello +Elmo .. long time no convo!

Am I the only one still experiencing problems with zone
rooms flashing in spades? Did I miss a fix somewhere?
I find it very very annoying and since the last zone down
time couple of weeks ago it is pretty much constant. I
have to clear the registry almost every time I try to
enter. Nibbler's patch is fine but clears everything in
the reg - not just the room entries - with much the same
amount of key stroking and mousing as it takes to edit
the reg manually.

In desperation one day (after steeling myself for their
guffaws) I phoned tech help at my ISP (suggestion offered
by Nibbler as "permanent") and got exactly what I
expected - firm rejection that the network card is
definitely not the problem.

Is it a Flash problem? A scripting problem? Does it
affect some network cards and not others? Is the network
card involved at all? Is it multi-nic usage? If so why
only some players and not others. The number of players
who do not have more than one nic is probably under 10 so
I don't see that as the issue either. And even if it is,
it was not an issue January 2004 - appearing shortly
after that. So what changed? And when will it be fixed?
Is there something I can do to fix it myself? Or do I
just wait on MSN to come up with resolution?

I should have numbered all my questions for you Elmo.
Sorry

I await your reply.

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.games.zone (More info?)

JanyDoe wrote:
>
> Hello +Elmo .. long time no convo!
>
> Am I the only one still experiencing problems with zone
> rooms flashing in spades? Did I miss a fix somewhere?
> I find it very very annoying and since the last zone down
> time couple of weeks ago it is pretty much constant. I
> have to clear the registry almost every time I try to
> enter. Nibbler's patch is fine but clears everything in
> the reg - not just the room entries - with much the same
> amount of key stroking and mousing as it takes to edit
> the reg manually.
>
> In desperation one day (after steeling myself for their
> guffaws) I phoned tech help at my ISP (suggestion offered
> by Nibbler as "permanent") and got exactly what I
> expected - firm rejection that the network card is
> definitely not the problem.

I would never suggest that it's the NIC, but removing the NIC and any
other network components, and letting them be reinstalled might write
the registry entries correctly.

> Is it a Flash problem? A scripting problem? Does it
> affect some network cards and not others? Is the network
> card involved at all? Is it multi-nic usage?

Dunno.. The Zone software will also change your mouse scroll from three
lines to one.

> If so why
> only some players and not others. The number of players
> who do not have more than one nic is probably under 10 so
> I don't see that as the issue either.

I suggested you create a different user on the computer and see if that
user can enter, with the same zone nic.

> And even if it is,
> it was not an issue January 2004 - appearing shortly
> after that. So what changed?

Perhaps something related to a Windows Update and a conflict between the
new update and new Zone software.

> And when will it be fixed?
> Is there something I can do to fix it myself? Or do I
> just wait on MSN to come up with resolution?

I doubt it's high on the list of problems. Maybe after hacking,
flooding, and other nuisances have been alleviated. It's a problem with
a small number of XP machines that is usually corrected by reinstalling
the network components so the registry is written properly. It will be
corrected serendipitously when a Zone file is rewritten, I suspect.

Just my opinion..

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+Elmo_Tech

Joe =o)