thewood Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 My tech support guy said many games that are TCP enabled are having serious issues with the SP2 from Microsoft. Has anyone here upgarded to XP SP2 with or without problems? It seems Microsoft is fixing the security issues with XP by cutting off access to the internet. I also heard Kazaa and some other P2P systems are shut out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jev.Dk Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 SP2 turns on the firewall built into XP, it could be this causing the problems Jev 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 That seems to be the major problem. A news snippet from another site: "The problems, according to Microsoft, are caused by the Windows XP Firewall, which is set to block certain Internet connections. SP2's firewall settings are configured by default to a high level of security, which prevents certain data from being transmitted to and from the 50 applications which are listed by Microsoft. Among the affected applications that conflict with SP2 are the Microsoft Web serverRelevant Products/Services from Microsoft, FTP clients, multimedia streaming software, and new mail notifications in some e-mail programs." For CM's TCP/IP games this will mean that Microsoft's XP Firewall will either need to be disabled or modified to have TCP Port 7023 opened (by 'adding a service' from the Firewall's settings tabs). Beyond this I believe that SP2 should be OK with CM, though there's always a possibility of other problems on the computer resulting from the SP2 patch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markshot Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I just finished upgrading my laptop to SP2 (XP Pro using the downloadable IT version of SP2). CMBO/CMBB/CMAK work without problems. However, I don't play CM/TPC. So, I didn't have any firewall issues to address. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I haven't been able to apply the patch of yet. Still waiting for the auto update. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Carr Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 I downloaded and applied SP2 the other night and my machine runs fine. I only play CM single player or play by e-mail though so I can't attest to and network play issues. I like SP2 though. Some things seemed to have gotten a bit quicker one of which is boot-up by a few seconds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 So far no problems with XP2. I play via PBeM mostly and have not tried Net Play. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted September 4, 2004 Share Posted September 4, 2004 xp home, just updated. no prob yet. i turned off xp firewall. i have another. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Z Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 I have a Matrox P650 (Dual-DVI) running Windows XP Pro. Last week I updated to SP2 and now both CMBB and CMAK both lock-up when I start a battle. Both programs were working fine before I installed SP2. Matrox has been advising their customers not to update to SP2 yet. I guess I'll have to wait for a new driver or get a new video card (faster...) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 i just finished a third install of cmak, post sp2. only problem i had was the mcafee av. i thought that exiting the tray icon would shut it off. it didnt and it took me three tries to get it loaded. other than that, all 6 cm installs and mcmmm work fine. i havent tried cmmos yet. uploads and downloads at cmmods, tpg, tsd, fine. i turned off win firewall because i use another. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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