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Age of Empires 3 Online + Dell + Vista = No No?

Discussion in 'Dell' started by Tricks., Jun 6, 2008.

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I can't get AOE 3 to play online games in Vista. I can log in and but I get "Failed to Join Game" on pretty much 90% of the games.

This has only happened with my Dell laptops,
This happens on both 32/64 bit versions of Vista.

Now, it will work on the SAME Dell computer when it is running XP.

With that in consideration;

I have ruled out my router
I have ruled out my laptop hardware
I have ruled out Vista in general because it works on a Toshiba
I have ruled out security software - Mcafee on XP and Vista - turned off.

So I ask, what is UNIQUE to DELL laptops that is running VISTA?

Tricks., Jun 6, 2008

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I think AOE 3 is not for Vista, but for XP only, however the expansions contain patches that enable it to be Vista compatible.

Forte, Jun 6, 2008

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Have you tried running it in XP compatibility?

rightlick on .exe -> Change compatibility to XP sP2

sh1v, Jun 7, 2008

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If it's a problem with some of the crapware included with the factory preload, just install Vista fresh.

meh, Jun 7, 2008

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