Can't connect to BNet

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Weird stuff. I have D2 LOD installed on three computers at home, all
using the same router for Internet connection. All three were
connecting fine. I started running into some oddness on one machine
and decided to reinstall. Since reinstallation, I can't get through to
BNet. It hangs on the "Checking Versions" message. I have downloaded
and applied the version 1.10 patch, so that's not the issue. No
hardware or software changes to the system, which is a 1.0 gHz P4, 1G
RAM, ATI 9600. I've no clues as to what's the problem; the other two
systems work fine.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

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<aweill@ix.netcom.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Weird stuff. I have D2 LOD installed on three computers at home, all
> using the same router for Internet connection. All three were
> connecting fine. I started running into some oddness on one machine
> and decided to reinstall. Since reinstallation, I can't get through to
> BNet. It hangs on the "Checking Versions" message. I have downloaded
> and applied the version 1.10 patch, so that's not the issue. No
> hardware or software changes to the system, which is a 1.0 gHz P4, 1G
> RAM, ATI 9600. I've no clues as to what's the problem; the other two
> systems work fine.
>
> Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
>

Windows XP with SP2 -> firewall installed ?

Walt

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<aweill@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:1104952974.641790.134770@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Weird stuff. I have D2 LOD installed on three computers at home, all
> using the same router for Internet connection. All three were
> connecting fine. I started running into some oddness on one machine
> and decided to reinstall. Since reinstallation, I can't get through to
> BNet. It hangs on the "Checking Versions" message. I have downloaded
> and applied the version 1.10 patch, so that's not the issue. No
> hardware or software changes to the system, which is a 1.0 gHz P4, 1G
> RAM, ATI 9600. I've no clues as to what's the problem; the other two
> systems work fine.
>
> Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Was the flakieness that prompted the reinstall disk related? Could be that
you reinstalled on a bad part of the hard drive and some files got farkled.

Try a scandisk surface scan (not called that under xp, there it is error
checking when you right click on drive). If that passes, then try an
uninstall/reinstall cycle with a defrag inbetween so that the files end up
in a different spot.

If the other two systems work fine it is something local to the third
machine.