Posted by The_Demon on 2013-12-14 00:44:01

Sorry Nick, this is a poor excuse to delay the inevitable loss you will suffer when you play me and lose the league!! LOL

I have no idea what is going on, maybe some intelligent techno people will reply shortly!

Posted by harvestmouse on 2013-12-14 00:51:08

Remove java, download again, update to most recent, see what that does.

Posted by Nickpcr on 2013-12-14 00:56:08

Yeah, I've reinstalled Java twice now in the last hour, nothing happening :(

Posted by PandaPower on 2013-12-14 00:56:15

Tis a message from Nuffle, sorry.

Posted by Sammler_der_Seelen on 2013-12-14 01:01:11

i get these message alot,have to try it several times but after a while it works.try to spec games and than you see that its working or not .
Ahh yes and check youre firewall settings maybe you have to allow the client or java to communicate with the interwebz.

Posted by keggiemckill on 2013-12-14 02:17:02

try a Mac. XD

Posted by Anzelak on 2013-12-14 07:29:28

Make sure you have 'direct connection' selected in java settings (you can find them in your control panel if you're on windows). Hope this helps matey.

Posted by Nickpcr on 2013-12-14 11:55:06

I tried the direct connection bit, checked the connections... it's clearly something which would probably be quite obvious to lots of people but that I'm missing completely. I really hope I can get this sorted, I'll be gutted if I can't play FUMBBL anymore :((

Posted by iena on 2013-12-14 21:18:48

Chrome cant do the thing.
Try Firefox or safari or one-like browser

Posted by Christer on 2013-12-15 12:01:47

A few things you could look at doing:

1. Uninstall any anti-virus software you have installed and install Microsoft Security Essentials instead (or if you have 8.1, uninstall the software and ensure that Windows Defender is enabled)
2. Uninstall any personal firewall and/or "Internet security" software installed, and make sure the Windows Firewall is enabled
3. Run a virus scan using security essentials
4. Optionally, install and run a spyware cleaner such as Malwarebytes
5. Uninstall the spyware cleaner from point 4
6. Install the free version of Zone-Alarm
7. Uninstall Zone-Alarm (Yes, this is weird but trust me)

The reason for installing Zone-Alarm and uninstalling it is that it resets a lot of network related settings in your registry. I've successfully cleaned a machine which had been hit by malware and wasn't able to start all sorts of important windows services, making the machine vulnerable to future attacks.

Posted by Anzelak on 2013-12-15 13:13:14

Haha. Christer, you absolute legend.

I've had problems connecting a couple of games to the internet because of some unexplained, fruity network problems. Installed ZoneAlarm and uninstalled and now I can connect :D

Posted by Nickpcr on 2013-12-15 20:55:29

Thank you Christer and iena,

I have installed firefox and can now at least spec games... although my little old computer does't really like it and takes half an hour to do anything.

I will try Christers suggestions next moment I get... I am already running with Microsoft essentials as my only anti-virus but will look into firewall and stuff.

Thanks for all the help guys, I know it's a stupid boring thing to be asking about.

Posted by Nickpcr on 2013-12-19 12:18:05

Thanks for all the help everyone, I'm back up and running AND cleaned up and improved my laptop performance at the same time! I count this as a win!