could the new windows update be preventing me from playing online games?

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Nathan

I'd like to chime in here and state that I'm experiencing
exactly the same problem. I've been searching for an
answer for a bit now. No luck, but I've seen a few other
postings with the same problem, so we're not alone.

I have 2 XP boxes on my home network, one Pro and one
Home version. Both have been blaster-patched. The Home
box can connect to MP games, yet the Pro one can't.

I've tried everything! ICS disabled, firewall disabled,
both boxes are set up identically as far as networking is
concerned.
 
I've search around on Google and couldn't find any specific references to
this problem. The blaster patch was for RPC - Remote Procedure Call - which
allows you to call a function, send parameters, and get results over a
network. So check your services applet and verify that the Remote
Procedure Call services are started.

Blaster exploited port 135 so it's possible that your router/firewall or the
server you're trying to connect to has port 135 turned off.
 
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