Q297183: Age of Empires II Error Message: Unable to Join

Article: Q297183
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): 2.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg kbimu
Last Modified: 29-JAN-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, version 2.0, used with:
   - Microsoft Zone.com 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to join a multiplayer game of Microsoft Age of Empires II: The
Age of Kings on Zone.com, you may receive the following error message:

  Unable to Join

CAUSE
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This behavior can occur when the DirectPlay ports used by the game are not open
on the network.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this issue, configure the network. For additional information about
how to configure the network for use with Age of Empires II, click the article
number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q240429 DirectX: Ports Required to Play on a Network


Additional query words: msgame

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Keywords          : kberrmsg kbimu 
Technology        : kbHomeProdSearch kbGamesSearch kbAOESearch
Version           : :2.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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