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[djrogue]

Yeah.

If your firewall also allows you to oversee local proccesses like the Defense option of Comodo, allow any request from the related programs to carry out operations too.

i have done this allready, but will this reset if i turn off my cpu??? thing is, iv had a bit to drink so i cant remeber how i got to change/check this out. someone did give me a step by step guide in how to do this. i just cant find it... (had a real tough day inc loadsa personal issues, hence the booze so i appologise peeps)
i jus wannaplay cnc ra2yr and get absolutly wooooooped before i gotta sleep to take littlun to skool in the morn

[warhero99]

The step by step part depends on what Firewall you are using.

[djrogue]

hi guys, ishut down my laptop, rebooted and all was fine??? so the prob was sorted! bit strange!
my firewall is fire fox btw, would be good to have the instructions for future reference anyway
thanx

[warhero99]

I think you got that wrong mate. Mozilla Firefox is your browser (and mine btw), not your firewall

[djrogue]

I think you got that wrong mate. Mozilla Firefox is your browser (and mine btw), not your firewall

yeah..sorry was a bit drunk last nite. i feel real stupid reading that 2day haha!! like duh!!!

[warhero99]

If you want info on how to configure your firewall, then you need to know what firewall you are using for a start, then research on that. Otherwise since your problem is solved, you can leave it at that.

[djrogue]

everything has been running great recently until i had to use ststem retsore this morn as my laptop needed it badly.
now i cant get back on yr online.....grrrrrrrrr. anyone got any tips as to why??
thanx peeps
rogue

[warhero99]

That is obvious. The system restore just reversed important system files to their previous values. Thats what it is there for lol. Just repeat the steps given by staff.

And btw i dont like the sound of your system needing a restore. you got antivirus software up and running? Do you defrag often?

[djrogue]

That is obvious. The system restore just reversed important system files to their previous values. Thats what it is there for lol. Just repeat the steps given by staff.

And btw i dont like the sound of your system needing a restore. you got antivirus software up and running? Do you defrag often?

hi there, i did do all the previous steps just after posted my prob (u were right it was obvious lol)
i just reinstalled yr etc n all worked fine!!
ill be honest, my laptops on its last legs (im gettin a new one in the nu year btw) so a system restore is essential to keep it alive. iv got antivirus running so thats all covered. my laptop is just really old n crappy and isnt too far away from being cremated forever hehe!!

[warhero99]

Good to hear.

Do you defrag often? If you dont know what it is just say so, it can extend your laptops life.

[djrogue]

Good to hear.

Do you defrag often? If you dont know what it is just say so, it can extend your laptops life.

yeah, a defrag does help and speeds up things a little!! just annoying to have to do theese things yknow!!!
whilst im here, can i ask what to do about people who use bad language about or to me!!? one guy yesterday kept calling me an a## h#le and other bad language and booting me off his game. n another person kept saying 'hey boot this guy hes abusive and flames all the time!!' which i dont!
im nothappy about this and other things that go on whilst online! it shouldnt be allowed imo and make me not wanna play! and that aint good!!

regards

rogue

Edited by djrogue, 15 December 2009 - 04:31 PM.

[warhero99]

sup djrogue,

You had better get used to it as thats the norm in the games, until your reputation is well established . And even then...

Complaints coming in for bad language in the games are not accepted by XWIS staff for several reasons, so the only place you will find protection of that kind is here in the forums.

Regards

warhero99

[warhero99]

What you can do, is to technically ignore players so you dont recieve their messages, or boot them/ban them from your games. Thats about it.

Regards.

[djrogue]

What you can do, is to technically ignore players so you dont recieve their messages, or boot them/ban them from your games. Thats about it.

Regards.

thanx warhero, mabie one day ill get my own back on theese peeps eh?!
im gettin a little better allready, nearly had my first win last nite and im not gettin thrashed anymore (well not all the time anyway)
do u still play yr anymore? aint seen u in the lobby!

kind regards

rogue

[djrogue]

DOH!!!! my laptop is now officially as dead as pop music, so theres no chance of me playin yr on it let alone online...grrrrr

if i install it to our main cpu in our house (the one im on now) will it work online? ie the serial nos and such??? let me know

cheers

[Olaf]

Should work fine.

[djrogue]

Should work fine.

exelent!! ill give it a try later. thanx for your help!!


have a great new year from the u.k

Edited by djrogue, 29 December 2009 - 05:44 PM.

[TommyK]

Think I've got a similar problem as Rogue and would love some help as well.

Every time I go into the game and click internet, I just get a 'looking for servers' message, then it says unable to connect to Westwood. I never have a chance to put any log in details in. I'v got patch 1.006 installed onto the game.

I downloaded the client posted earlier and got this response

nick:
server: servserv.westwood.com:4005 (159.153.208.17)
unable to connect: ETIMEDOUT

then reset it and got the same.

When going through the host files I get a really weird message in notepad, its like a demo message or something....

# Copyright © 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost

------

I've probably have missed something stupidly obvious but any help would be appreciated, I'm **** with stuff like this. My version of the game is fully licensed.

Cheers

[Olaf]

The IP address is wrong, so somewhere in a hosts file it should be listed. I don't see it in the file you posted though.

[TommyK]

Sorry, what do you mean? Which IP?

To get that weird notepad message I went Start>Run and entered C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Then clicked open with notepad. Any idea what I need to be doing differently?

Cheers

[Olaf]

159.153.208.17
Actually, it's right.
Could you run ping 159.153.208.17 and tracert 159.153.208.17 and post the output?

[TommyK]

Happily if I knew what you just asked me

As a guess I changed the figures on the client to read like this,



then pressed reset and test, tried it a few times, still getting this message



Apologies for not knowing my arm from my **** when it comes to stuff like this.

Edited by TommyK, 03 January 2010 - 04:22 PM.

[Olaf]

As a guess I changed the figures on the client to read like this,

That's not right...

[TommyK]

What should I do?

[Olaf]

Start - Run - cmd
Run ping 159.153.208.17 and tracert 159.153.208.17 and post the output?