Well, I got it working when I broke out my old computer. So that means it has something to do with my laptop. I don't know if it's some security thing .. or maybe the DirectX thing, or something else. At least I now know that it does work.

Thanks for the help.

<t> Thanks for the ideas.&nbsp; I did in-fact have the same license running on both machines.&nbsp; I have a 2nd but must have gotten confused when I re-installed a while back.&nbsp; At any rate, I removed everything then re-installed using the 2nd license .... same problem.<br/>
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<t> I am soooooo frustrated. I have tried everything to get the direct connection (modem Host) to work. I can get as far as seeing the session in the session dialog but I get "Join Session Error" every single time and it will not continue.<br/>
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I got two systems on an isolated LAN and it ...

<t> Thanks for everyone's suggestions and help; but we still haven't been able to achieve a successful connection, we even disable our firewalls to no avail. I will look into Valor's comment, as I don't know my isp. By the way, I did find the port's for CS: 2300-2400; we forwarded these ports, and ...

<t> Do specific ports need to be forwarded for John Tiller's Campaign Series TCP/IP Direct play to work?<br/>
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Me and my friend have tried multiple options, from disabling and creating exceptions on our firewalls, and it still gives us the Direct Play error that no session was found. Please ...

<t> Do specific ports need to be forwarded for John Tiller's Campaign Series TCP/IP Direct play to work?<br/>
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Me and my friend have tried multiple options, from disabling and creating exceptions on our firewalls, and it still gives us the Direct Play error that no session was found. Please ...

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[:D] Ok, thanks, it worked by your suggestions.

<t> Hi, I started this thread to advocate my situation, as it is extremely dire, and freakin annoying. I wanted to start a campaing game in EF, RS, and WF, and neither worked; all the icons are all over the place, and it is actually quite difficult to describe. I press on one buttons and it gives me ...