"Healthy" <Healthy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F6844703-C362-4739-8688-63C6EA434601@microsoft.com...
> There seems to be a problem with any online multiplayer game on my new
> Vista
> PC.
> Both Counter Strike and Call of Duty 2 give a similar response when each
> fail to start up. Half Life 2 Deathmatch does this aswell. I tried
> patching
> and using compatibility mode with CoD 2 which worked for a couple days,
> but
> that doesn't explain why Counter Strike: Source began to act up.
> Supposedly
> it functions fine for Vista and it did until recently. Furthermore, I
> turned
> my firewall off and re-added the programs to the exceptions list. None of
> these have worked. Is there something I can do?
>
> If you can help it would be greatly appreciated. Also, it is most likely
> not
> to have anything to do with my hardware.
>
> E6600 2.4 Ghz Dual core Processor
> 2gb of RAM
> 8800GTX Video Card
> Windows Vista

Do you have the latest NVIDIA drivers for your card?? (I think 163.69, or
that's what I have with identical card and the games work fine, including
COD2).

If you do have that driver, try a newer Beta version (create a restore point
to go back to, in case it doesn't work).

What about sound drivers? Do you have Realtek sound icon in the tray? They
keep coming out with updated drivers.

Frenchy