Rooms Flashing

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I'm wondering if there is anything new on the rooms
flashing - in particular spades - when you hit the room
link a second time after being unsuccessful the first? Or
is the only option still to clear the registry with
Nibbles little fix?
It seems to me Microsoft has made some change that has
created this problem. It is new and annoying.
The reinstallation of the network drivers is not the
answer. That does absolutely nothing.

 

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JanyDoe wrote:
>
> I'm wondering if there is anything new on the rooms
> flashing - in particular spades - when you hit the room
> link a second time after being unsuccessful the first? Or
> is the only option still to clear the registry with
> Nibbles little fix?
> It seems to me Microsoft has made some change that has
> created this problem. It is new and annoying.
> The reinstallation of the network drivers is not the
> answer. That does absolutely nothing.

It might help to open the Device Manager and remove the NIC, Ethernet
card, or modem devices. To try to cover all bases, if you can't get
back online because the device isn't found after rebooting, run System
Restore. With WinME and WinXP you can run System Restore and select an
entry point listed on a date before the problem first occurred.

--

+Elmo_Tech
MSN® Gaming Zone™ - Technical Support

clvck

 

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Thank you Elmo but I have done all those things. I have
removed the network driver and the card. (I stopped short
of physically removing the card - I didn't think that was
necessary.) I have reinstalled the driver to no avail.
The problem remains.
I installed XP Pro on this system at least a year ago. I
spend more hours than I should gaming. It is not logical
to think that suddenly something in my system is causing
the problem. Microsoft has made some change in delivery
and in doing so has created this problem for me and for
others. It would be very nice and much appreciated if
they would fix the problem or at least come up with a
definitive answer.
So for ~ a month now I play by running the room reset
patch offered by Nibbles just about every time I want in
a room. That's not exactly standing behind your product
if you ask me. If that patch was produced in Feb surely
something more comprehensive should be available by now.
And while the "reset" option removes the rooms from the
registry it creates other little instabilities.
>-----Original Message-----
>JanyDoe wrote:
>>
>> I'm wondering if there is anything new on the rooms
>> flashing - in particular spades - when you hit the room
>> link a second time after being unsuccessful the first?
Or
>> is the only option still to clear the registry with
>> Nibbles little fix?
>> It seems to me Microsoft has made some change that has
>> created this problem. It is new and annoying.
>> The reinstallation of the network drivers is not the
>> answer. That does absolutely nothing.
>
>It might help to open the Device Manager and remove the
NIC, Ethernet
>card, or modem devices. To try to cover all bases, if
you can't get
>back online because the device isn't found after
rebooting, run System
>Restore. With WinME and WinXP you can run System
Restore and select an
>entry point listed on a date before the problem first
occurred.
>
>--
>
>+Elmo_Tech
>MSN® Gaming ZoneT - Technical Support
>
>
clvck
>.
>

 

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JanyDoe wrote:
> Thank you Elmo but I have done all those things. I have
> removed the network driver and the card. (I stopped short
> of physically removing the card - I didn't think that was
> necessary.) I have reinstalled the driver to no avail.
> The problem remains.
> I installed XP Pro on this system at least a year ago. I
> spend more hours than I should gaming. It is not logical
> to think that suddenly something in my system is causing
> the problem. Microsoft has made some change in delivery
> and in doing so has created this problem for me and for
> others. It would be very nice and much appreciated if
> they would fix the problem or at least come up with a
> definitive answer.
> So for ~ a month now I play by running the room reset
> patch offered by Nibbles just about every time I want in
> a room. That's not exactly standing behind your product
> if you ask me. If that patch was produced in Feb surely
> something more comprehensive should be available by now.
> And while the "reset" option removes the rooms from the
> registry it creates other little instabilities.

I was having the same room flashing problem in Backgammon, but I unistalled
the zone completely, did the registry reset room thing, then reinstalled the
Zone from scratch. Since then I haven't had any problems. (WinXP, SP1). I
never bothered with the NIC card uninstall thing.

Gregg C.

 

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>-----Original Message-----
>JanyDoe wrote:
>> Thank you Elmo but I have done all those things. I
have
>> removed the network driver and the card. (I stopped
short
>> of physically removing the card - I didn't think that
was
>> necessary.) I have reinstalled the driver to no avail.
>> The problem remains.
>> I installed XP Pro on this system at least a year
ago. I
>> spend more hours than I should gaming. It is not
logical
>> to think that suddenly something in my system is
causing
>> the problem. Microsoft has made some change in
delivery
>> and in doing so has created this problem for me and for
>> others. It would be very nice and much appreciated if
>> they would fix the problem or at least come up with a
>> definitive answer.
>> So for ~ a month now I play by running the room reset
>> patch offered by Nibbles just about every time I want
in
>> a room. That's not exactly standing behind your
product
>> if you ask me. If that patch was produced in Feb
surely
>> something more comprehensive should be available by
now.
>> And while the "reset" option removes the rooms from the
>> registry it creates other little instabilities.
>
>I was having the same room flashing problem in
Backgammon, but I unistalled
>the zone completely, did the registry reset room thing,
then reinstalled the
>Zone from scratch. Since then I haven't had any
problems. (WinXP, SP1). I
>never bothered with the NIC card uninstall thing.
>
>Gregg C.
>
I've done all that too Gregg. So how come my didn't
fix! How much do you play? Enough so that it would have
started up again? I unloaded the zone right down to
deleting a conflict folder from dos. And still really no
change. I wonder what the difference is?

 

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JanyDoe wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> JanyDoe wrote:
>>> Thank you Elmo but I have done all those things. I have
>>> removed the network driver and the card. (I stopped short
>>> of physically removing the card - I didn't think that was
>>> necessary.) I have reinstalled the driver to no avail.
>>> The problem remains.
>>> I installed XP Pro on this system at least a year
> ago. I
>>> spend more hours than I should gaming. It is not logical
>>> to think that suddenly something in my system is causing
>>> the problem. Microsoft has made some change in delivery
>>> and in doing so has created this problem for me and for
>>> others. It would be very nice and much appreciated if
>>> they would fix the problem or at least come up with a
>>> definitive answer.
>>> So for ~ a month now I play by running the room reset
>>> patch offered by Nibbles just about every time I want in
>>> a room. That's not exactly standing behind your product
>>> if you ask me. If that patch was produced in Feb surely
>>> something more comprehensive should be available by now.
>>> And while the "reset" option removes the rooms from the
>>> registry it creates other little instabilities.
>>
>> I was having the same room flashing problem in Backgammon, but I
>> unistalled the zone completely, did the registry reset room thing,
>> then reinstalled the Zone from scratch. Since then I haven't had
>> any problems. (WinXP, SP1). I never bothered with the NIC card
>> uninstall thing.
>>
>> Gregg C.
>>
> I've done all that too Gregg. So how come my didn't
> fix! How much do you play? Enough so that it would have
> started up again? I unloaded the zone right down to
> deleting a conflict folder from dos. And still really no
> change. I wonder what the difference is?

I had it crop up one more time again. It really is the Zone's problem (the
way it logs your previous room entry history in the registry), and it
doesn't look like there is a reliable fix on the client side. Just have the
shortcut to the room clear registry hack handy, I guess.

Gregg C.

 

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The only problem with using that nifty little script is
that it clears the "zone client" out completely. So
friends list has to re-establish itself. (And right now
that appears to be a very onerous task for the zone
software to handle.)
So in reality it is not a "room" reset. It is a complete
removal of zone activity as far as HKLM in the registry
goes.

>-----Original Message-----
>JanyDoe wrote:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> JanyDoe wrote:
>>>> Thank you Elmo but I have done all those things. I
have
>>>> removed the network driver and the card. (I stopped
short
>>>> of physically removing the card - I didn't think
that was
>>>> necessary.) I have reinstalled the driver to no
avail.
>>>> The problem remains.
>>>> I installed XP Pro on this system at least a year
>> ago. I
>>>> spend more hours than I should gaming. It is not
logical
>>>> to think that suddenly something in my system is
causing
>>>> the problem. Microsoft has made some change in
delivery
>>>> and in doing so has created this problem for me and
for
>>>> others. It would be very nice and much appreciated
if
>>>> they would fix the problem or at least come up with a
>>>> definitive answer.
>>>> So for ~ a month now I play by running the room reset
>>>> patch offered by Nibbles just about every time I
want in
>>>> a room. That's not exactly standing behind your
product
>>>> if you ask me. If that patch was produced in Feb
surely
>>>> something more comprehensive should be available by
now.
>>>> And while the "reset" option removes the rooms from
the
>>>> registry it creates other little instabilities.
>>>
>>> I was having the same room flashing problem in
Backgammon, but I
>>> unistalled the zone completely, did the registry
reset room thing,
>>> then reinstalled the Zone from scratch. Since then I
haven't had
>>> any problems. (WinXP, SP1). I never bothered with
the NIC card
>>> uninstall thing.
>>>
>>> Gregg C.
>>>
>> I've done all that too Gregg. So how come my didn't
>> fix! How much do you play? Enough so that it would
have
>> started up again? I unloaded the zone right down to
>> deleting a conflict folder from dos. And still really
no
>> change. I wonder what the difference is?
>
>I had it crop up one more time again. It really is the
Zone's problem (the
>way it logs your previous room entry history in the
registry), and it
>doesn't look like there is a reliable fix on the client
side. Just have the
>shortcut to the room clear registry hack handy, I guess.
>
>Gregg C.
>
>
>
>.
>