network difficulty when in full screen

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Blue Tiger

Hi, I hope somebody is able to provide the solution to this problem I
face. The problem occured at some point last week, and it continued until
now. At that point I didn't do anything special on my computer, just my
normal everyday doings on it. The problem is that I no longer able to
play a game over the network (or internet either) when it is running in
full screen (its normal mode). After I did many investigations, I found
out that when I run the game in window mode, it can access to the network
or internet section such as multiplayer. Any idea why my window now only
let games to access the internet only when they are running in window
mode, not the full screen mode (their normal mode)?? For example with
Halo or Dungeon Siege games, when I try to access the network section
(click on "Multiplayer" in Halo or "Multiplayer"->"Internet" in Dungeon
Siege), either game just hangs or freezes itself. It looks like they are
waiting for the incoming sigal or something like that. They work perfect
in window mode but not in full screen. To my feeling, maybe it is
something that deals with resetting the network configuration in Win XP?
Or something need to fix in the registry? Many thanks in advance for any
help!
 
Blue said:
Hi, I hope somebody is able to provide the solution to this problem I
face. The problem occured at some point last week, and it continued until
now. At that point I didn't do anything special on my computer, just my
normal everyday doings on it. The problem is that I no longer able to
play a game over the network (or internet either) when it is running in
full screen (its normal mode). After I did many investigations, I found
out that when I run the game in window mode, it can access to the network
or internet section such as multiplayer. Any idea why my window now only
let games to access the internet only when they are running in window
mode, not the full screen mode (their normal mode)?? For example with
Halo or Dungeon Siege games, when I try to access the network section
(click on "Multiplayer" in Halo or "Multiplayer"->"Internet" in Dungeon
Siege), either game just hangs or freezes itself. It looks like they are
waiting for the incoming sigal or something like that. They work perfect
in window mode but not in full screen. To my feeling, maybe it is
something that deals with resetting the network configuration in Win XP?
Or something need to fix in the registry? Many thanks in advance for any
help!
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Something changed. Since you report you didn't change anything, maybe
something else changed something.

Have you checked for any nefarious programs like computer virus or spy
programs? Have you checked the web site for these programs to look for
clues on why they could be behaving like this?
 
Something changed. Since you report you didn't change anything, maybe
something else changed something.

Have you checked for any nefarious programs like computer virus or spy
programs? Have you checked the web site for these programs to look
for clues on why they could be behaving like this?
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Yep, I have checked these games' web sites to find out if there is an
issue about this problem and unfortunately this problem is new therefore
there is no solution to it. I am not sure if this is caused by virus or
spyware since I have scanned my computer with Norton Antivirus and Ad-
ware program. Neither find any virus or spy bug. Thanks for the ideas.
 
Hi, I hope somebody is able to provide the solution to this problem I
face. The problem occured at some point last week, and it continued
until now. At that point I didn't do anything special on my computer,
just my normal everyday doings on it. The problem is that I no longer
able to play a game over the network (or internet either) when it is
running in full screen (its normal mode). After I did many
investigations, I found out that when I run the game in window mode,
it can access to the network or internet section such as multiplayer.
Any idea why my window now only let games to access the internet only
when they are running in window mode, not the full screen mode (their
normal mode)?? For example with Halo or Dungeon Siege games, when I
try to access the network section (click on "Multiplayer" in Halo or
"Multiplayer"->"Internet" in Dungeon Siege), either game just hangs or
freezes itself. It looks like they are waiting for the incoming sigal
or something like that. They work perfect in window mode but not in
full screen. To my feeling, maybe it is something that deals with
resetting the network configuration in Win XP? Or something need to
fix in the registry? Many thanks in advance for any help!
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test
 
*snip*

Sorry, but I can't think of what would be different in full screen mode
than in Windows mode. Full screen (far as I know) is just a bigger window.
 
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