cannot connect to steam server or ut04 server either

[MAGIC]

i can get on aim and other things but game servers i cannot connect to, anyone have any ideas?

[Straight_Man]

Firewall blocking you, router blocking you, virus using port your software wants to use to connect, or simple Sasser network load making connect so bad that games can't get through, at a guess. Would have to know ports needed to connect to and what port at your end to know more exactly. But, Microsoft's comment is that this is most commonlya firewall thing, even if it is just the internet connection firewall, which after the security packs needed to block Sasser and other things, defaults to ON. If you have doen recent security packing, your XP firewall got turned on, maybe (probably).

That is the most common set of reasons right now. Sasser.d is doing its best to syn-flood things on the web.

[MAGIC]

my norton security trial just ran out and i just tried ch ecking my windows firewall and it said it was turned off, i tried turning it back on and it said "an error occurred while internet connection sharing was being enable. the dependency service or group failed to start."

[TheSmJ]

Does it work on other computers on the same connection?

[MAGIC]

i only have one pc to try it on

[MAGIC]

im trying to think because steam worked last weekend but it doesnt work now, i dunno what i did

[TheSmJ]

Would it be possible that your ISP is blocking some ports?

[MAGIC]

how would i check that

[TheSmJ]

Hmm... easiest way would be to call and ask.

[bothered]

If it worked last week can you you try a system restore to last week?

[FormFactor]

Just uninstall ANY firewall software you have installed. I would almost guarentee it is software firewall related.

I have seen numerous simalar issues be solved by 86ing software firewalls.

[MAGIC]

i ran win update and they both started working... thanks for the suggestions though