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Answer» So last night I was in MSN Games and playing with live people. The next day I played a game with computers. Later that day I went to play with live players but the game wouldn't load. I got the screen saying "balh, blah, blah... CLOSE." two days later I still can't get beyond this point when trying to play the game, yet I have no problem with the game against computers. The advice given in online PRINTED help is to OPEN PORTS. So my question is, if I could play the game 2 days ago, the ports must have been open, so why are they now closed. And that's why I'm in CH once again. What happened to close my ports. This is something that frequently happens in MSN, Yes, I'm still on cable dial up. And I think I have two firewalls in use. Thanks all... This is the site I always use for port forwarding if I'm unsure about the specific ports or firewalls in use. Have a look there, and see if the required ports are open in your firewall. If that doesn't help, please let us know which firewalls are in use and we'll see where we go from there.Hi Calum, before we begin, let me inform you of the fact that I am not a gomp geek. No way, no how. So we'll need to go step by step. Second, would you please send me or post to me the tags for the way you did "This." I have been trying to recall it but can't. Thanks. Also, before we do anything, would you please answer the question I asked in my OP. Why were my posts supposedly open at one point then closed less than a day later? I need to know that before I can proceed. Sort of a crash course. Ports 101. Btw, here is a link to the message about ports on MSN. http://zone.msn.com/en/support/article/support3215.htm Thanks Quote from: casse2go on May 21, 2013, 01:29:41 AM Second, would you please send me or post to me the tags for the way you did "This." I have been trying to recall it but can't. Thanks. No problem, see the code below. First is a standard URL tag, second is the way I did that,. Code: [Select][url]www.google.co.uk[/url]Code: [Select][url=www.google.co.uk]Google[/url] So it's a standard URL tag for BBCode (the code used in forums for formatting, inserting links and images, etc) but you change the first url tag, add an = sign and then the URL you want to link to. The first one uses the tags to tell the forum that this is a link, and should be clickable. The second specifies the URL in the tag itself, and lets you use the text you want it to display. Hope this makes SENSE - I found it HELPS to try these out, by writing them in a post and clicking Preview, to see the result. Quote Also, before we do anything, would you please answer the question I asked in my OP. Why were my posts supposedly open at one point then closed less than a day later? That's what I want to establish - first, whether they are open, which going through Portforward's excellent site will tell you as it will guide you to the port forwarding settings in your firewall. If they're already open, the problem lies elsewhere, it may not necessarily be related to ports at all. If they are closed, and you open them, you can then see if the issue reoccurs. Hope this helps.Let me get this out of the way before we proceed. is this correct? I tried it using my email but when I opened it nothing had changed. Everything was visible all the coding. You can find the answer by clicking Here anytime. I did one with the HTTP:// ALSO... it didn't work either. Maybe it'll be right in here. Btw, I'm off to bed. I'll REPLY in the light of day, God willing. TY... Ooh, an ERROR... is that because I took off the http://? Let's see... HERE Okay, I needed to drop the WWW so how do I know when to use WWW. as opposed to http://... Let me do breakfast and I'll get started on the ports issue. Thank you Calum. |
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