Games appear to have failed after Security Updates

[Guest]

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

Hi. My online games (Hearts, Reversi, Backgammon) failed
to work on Wed 14th April - the same day which I
downloaded Security Updates (KB835732), (KB828741),
(KB837001), (KB831167) & (KB837009) onto my XP Pro system
as advised by 'Windows Update'. Now the games just sit
at 'Connecting to Internet game server' or
report 'Looking for x players'. They never go any
further. I unloaded the Security Updates in turn and re-
booted & tried the games again before moving to the next
one - all to no avail. Any ideas?

 

[Leo]

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

I think everybody is having the same problem. Maybe there is a problem with
Microsoft's game servers.

"pdab09" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:031301c42453$30722910$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi. My online games (Hearts, Reversi, Backgammon) failed
> to work on Wed 14th April - the same day which I
> downloaded Security Updates (KB835732), (KB828741),
> (KB837001), (KB831167) & (KB837009) onto my XP Pro system
> as advised by 'Windows Update'. Now the games just sit
> at 'Connecting to Internet game server' or
> report 'Looking for x players'. They never go any
> further. I unloaded the Security Updates in turn and re-
> booted & tried the games again before moving to the next
> one - all to no avail. Any ideas?

 

[Tom]

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

Everybody is having the same problem, and at least some
people reported having the problem without installing the
patches. So this might be coincidental.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi. My online games (Hearts, Reversi, Backgammon) failed
>to work on Wed 14th April - the same day which I
>downloaded Security Updates (KB835732), (KB828741),
>(KB837001), (KB831167) & (KB837009) onto my XP Pro
system
>as advised by 'Windows Update'. Now the games just sit
>at 'Connecting to Internet game server' or
>report 'Looking for x players'. They never go any
>further. I unloaded the Security Updates in turn and re-
>booted & tried the games again before moving to the next
>one - all to no avail. Any ideas?
>.
>