Folks, I'm really scared here...Please HELP ME....I screwed up...SOMEWHERE, ...maybe

[DarkFudge2000]

All of a sudden just this week, I cannot connect to gamespy arcade.....Morpheus or KAAZA. I cannot connect to any of my online game servers such as Jedi Knight Outcast, Quake Arena, ect....I can get my email thru Outlook express fine, travel the internet thru Explorer, and even download all the newsgroups with Free Agent but any gameing software that tries to access the net thru built in browser or just built in server querying fails with either "...cannot update master server..." or in Gamespy Arcade and Kaaza"....cannot display page error..."

I am running WIN XP Pro with an AThlon 1.4 connected with a NIC card to a Netgear Cable/Router 314 that is connected to an Optimum Online Cable modem.

Even when I try to Telnet now into the Netgear Router thru the command prompt in Windows XP , it fails stating the following error:


"Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\fudgebar>telnet 192.168.0.1
Connecting To 192.168.0.1...Could not open connection to the host, on port 23.
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.


C:\Documents and Settings\fudgebar>


folks, I have never had a problem up until this week playing games online or downloading via Kaaza and Morpheus. I have my router connected to 3 machines in total and everything was working fine up until last and I have no idea what could have went wrong....where do I start looking to fix this problem....Is it a Router settings issue?...Is it a Win XP security issue that may have triggered something in one of the latest WIN XP hotfix updates???.......I have no idea what to do to get back with all the online games??...Explorer and Email work fine


Please help me or at least steer me in the right direction with some possible tests I can run to determine where the fault lies so I dont feel so lost....Im so confused and scared at this point


thank you so much....anyone

 

[MainFramed]

have you installed any type of firewall or security product lately? that could possibly be a problem.....

 

[BillDKiller]

Hate to think bad thoughts. But since you mentioned Morpheus and Kazaa I can't help but think of a virus. Fudgebar? Very strange name. Update and run your virus checker. If you don't have one, download a free demo and run it.

Don't panic.

Since you have XP what about going back to a previous restore point?

 

[zerocool1]

don't forget about gamespy. I read somewhere today that gamespy annonced they have a virus.

 

[DarkFudge2000]

folks...thanks, I fixed it.....

I had ZOne ALarm but I just recently shut it off from starting up when I boot my system so I think by doing that, it also prevented any of the software I mentioned from accessing the net. Once I reenabled ZOne Alarm...everything works


How did you know my name was Fudgebar!!?

 

[JW310]

Originally posted by: DarkFudge2000
How did you know my name was Fudgebar!!?

Look at what you posted in your first post:
"C:\Documents and Settings\fudgebar>"



JW

 

[Dreadogg]

yes that zonealarm will really mess up your internet connection I would go to there site and uninstall it make sure you read how to uninstall it also because you need to follow the instruction or you will not be able to access the net afterwards!

 

[dayg]

fudgebar? lol

 

[Saltin]

Your subject lines are always too theatrical.

 

[BillDKiller]

Thanks for the info on ZOneAlarm. I haven't had any problems with it, but now I see how I could in the future. Funny, because it comes highly reccomended from several sites. Is there something else that works better?