Age of Empires/ The Zone

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Art

Recently I have started to have problems with the zone.
Any room that has even a fair amount of players causes my
computer to be so slow as to be unplayable. It used to be
fine. Can't think of anything I loaded which would affect
it. Any thoughts?
thanks
art
 
Hi Art,

Zone issues like that are usually caused by Norton's or Zone Alarm
or similar powerful software firewall or antivirus suites running in the
background. Therefore...

1. To see if it's a software conflict: Temporarily disable Startup
programs one at a time, starting with Firewall, Antivirus, and ad
blockers using: http://new.jtsoft2001.com/windows/startup.php

You can lookup what a program does before you disable it here:
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_full.htm

2. Run a virus scan at: http://housecall.antivirus.com Afterwards
Download & Run Spybot from: http://security.kolla.de to find any
Trojans, Adware, or Spyware which could clog up your system.

3. Click My Computer / Rightclick the Drive & Choose Properties
/ Run the "Disk Cleanup..." / Next Click the "Tools" Tab and run
the "Error-Checking" and "Defragmentation" utilities.

4. Go to the Windows Update site for everything under Critical and
Recommended: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

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Cheers, Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

For Product Support: Contact a Microsoft expert online or by phone using:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top - Post Here, or:
Try the FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
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| Recently I have started to have problems with the zone.
| Any room that has even a fair amount of players causes my
| computer to be so slow as to be unplayable. It used to be
| fine. Can't think of anything I loaded which would affect
| it. Any thoughts?
| thanks
| art
|
 
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