> > > > when trying to sign in to xwis, my game stops at the joining lobby screen. through the test option in the tool itself, i sign in with no problem with multiple nicks. also, the ip addy is correct in the hosts file. this just started a day ago without any knowing action on my part. meaning no downloads of any kind. this error occurs within TS and RA2. any help would be greatly appreciated as this is the most frustrating problem i have had with a westwood game. 3 reinstalls haven't helped. this includes deleting all mentions of westwood, TS, RA2, yuris, and WOL out of the registry. it may be dramatic, but please help.

> > > Nick?

> > The nicks I use are grabtommy and avulva for my old serial. then axycatch for my new serial.

> Did you patch the games after reinstalling?

yes. the wierd thing is, i click internet and it gets to the joining lobby stage. then if i get out of the game and surf to tiberian sunrise and check and see if im on xwis, it says yes. for example, my tib sun game isn't even open, and im currently logged on. right now i am backing up everything on my comp to do a complete format and reinstall. there seem to be no answers.

the router isn't the problem, because it always worked before. i have no clue with this one. probably 20 minutes until im writing zero's to this drive.