Technobuddy

By Guan Martin

November 12, 2006 05:17 PM | Link to this

The following is a problem I’ve developed with playing MSN Games:Dear Sir or Madam, I have played Bankshot Billiards 9 ball for almost 2

years and have logged over 11,000 games, so you may see it’s my favorite past-time. I got a new HP a1510n computer a few weeks ago. It crashed on me a few days ago, and the only way I could get it back up was to do what they call a System Recovery by pressing F-10 on the keyboard during start up. This did get the computer back up, but what it also did was reset all settings back to the way it comes from the factory. Now when I try to play the game it will not load. the procedure is 1) click ‘games’ from the MSN home page, 2) From ‘recently played games, click Bankshot Billiards 9ball, 3) user name already displayed (saved), type in password, click go. 4) Next page shows game of 9ball overview, (rules, etc.) click ‘Play Now”. 5) Download page opens with graduating bar at the top which is supposed to load across, and then the game opens up for one to select the type of game he wants to play. But the game never downloads. After a few seconds a graphic pops up with,’ WHOOPS!!! We were unable to install your game. Click the yellow bar at the top, Install Active X Control’. I did that several times, the last time selecting the feature, ‘Always allow this feature’, so the yellow bar doesn’t pop up anymore, I’ve already installed Active X. I also went thru the full inventory where the ‘Need Help’ station suggests certain troubleshooting techniques; I tried them all. Also, I tried to play the game at work on the computer there, and it loaded just fine, so I know it must be something in the settings here on my home computer. PLEASE HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

martin5350@bellsouth.net