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#  Oct 16, 2009 at 4:38 AM
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where do i start ive had this problem since i got my pc about 1.5 years ago my pride and joy i get the orange box install all games and 1 day i get around to playing tf2 about 1 year later after i got it so anyway i fully update it and no servers i refresh still nothing i took my pc to lan night still no servers so its not my router firewalls have been diabled and ports have been opened i starting to think it mightbe some software of some sort i.e antivirus software that blocki it but when i took the my external to my mates tf2 worked fine to problems ive now reinstalled it onto my harddrive and still no servers any help happily accepted

heres my dxdiag


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System Information
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Time of this report: 10/16/2009, 18:42:25
       Machine name: OOMOOSEOO-PC
   Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.lh_sp2rtm.090410-1830)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: alienware
       System Model: alienware
               BIOS: )Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS v6.00PG
          Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6400+ (2 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
             Memory: 3070MB RAM
          Page File: 1913MB used, 4437MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D:    0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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        Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
     Manufacturer: NVIDIA
        Chip type: GeForce 8800 Ultra
         DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
#  Oct 16, 2009 at 10:59 AM
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TuRbINE 79748
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This is a common problem.

You need to stuff dollar bills in your PC's Disc drive to make her feel sexy.
#  Oct 16, 2009 at 2:11 PM
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Zai 81492
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Consider using punctuation, like I did.
#  Oct 16, 2009 at 5:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TuRbINE
This is a common problem.

You need to stuff dollar bills in your PC's Disc drive to make her feel sexy.

If you're going to joke, at least put an actual solution somewhere in your post.
Still, that would probably work; my own computer often has issues with being overly self-conscious.

Actual Solutions -
Look around your security program settings, if you can find TF2 anywhere, make sure that it's allowed complete access to anything your antivirus/firewall deals with.
Additional things that security programs need to allow are HL2.exe and something along the lines of ingameui.
Check to make sure you don't accidently have something typed into your filters on TF2; it can prevent any games from popping up.
If your internet connection is routed through another computer that you own, then check it's security program settings as well.
Don't forget about windows firewall.
Try waiting, sometimes it takes a little bit for servers to start showing up.

Hopefully one of these things works for you!
#  Oct 18, 2009 at 2:10 AM
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cheers mate that worked i tried them all dont no which one but nether the less ty =D
#  Oct 18, 2009 at 2:39 AM
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ok this is seriously making me angry  i was playing for 5 hours ok then my graphics card failed dont know why may of over heated i shut it down for a hour start her back up and im having the same problem ARGH!!!

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2 Guys 1 Kill: {TF2F} FlyingPenguin - (102 kill assists)
Captures Blocked: Nimbli Bimbli - (26 captures blocked)
Dominator: {TF2F} Bitch Nasty - (25 dominations)
Flags Captured: Corporal Clegg - (11 flags captured)
Flags Defended: MechaEdd - (12 flags defended)
Physician Assisted Homicide: {TF2F}SME®BUI©K - (271 medic kill assists)
Points Captured: {TF2F}SME®BUI©K - (30 points captured)
Revenger: Count_Flakula - (10 revenges)
Spy Power: Chro - (19 objects killed as spy)
Ubercharger: {TF2F}SME®BUI©K - (89 ubercharges)
Axe Man: {TF2F} Ninja Dude - (18 kills with fireaxe)
Axtinguished: {TF2F} BOOSH Rizzilio - (81 kills with axtinguisher)
Batter Up!: soup! - (16 kills with bat)
Biggest Prick: Sam - ClutchKill.com - (8 kills with syringegun)
Blood Sucker: {TF2F}SME®BUI©K - (30 kills with blutsauger)
Broke Backburner: {TF2F} FlyingPenguin - (223 kills with backburner)
Can You Dig It?: {TF2F}.TüRb!NE. - (3 kills with shovel)
Doctor's Certificate: Maero - (16 kills with bonesaw)
Drunken Brawler: [???] Deviruchi - (4 kills with bottle)
Epic Defender: {TF2F} Spy - (9 kills with wrench)
Fire Spitter: {TF2F}blistering - (100 kills with flamethrower)
Flare Gunner: {TF2F} FlyingPenguin - (12 kills with flare gun)
Grenade Spammer: GeneralSheep - (47 kills with pipe)
Grey Matter: STar - (168 snipings as sniper)
Hadouken Master: Xandier - (1 kills with pyro taunt)
Hot Potato: {TF2F} BOOSH Rizzilio - (4 kills with rocket deflection)
I <3 Sasha: {TF2F} Bitch Nasty - (181 kills with minigun)
Knife Maniac: {TF2F} Dartagnan - (109 knifings)
Last Resort: [Ba-El] BoC - (26 kills with smg)
Manslayer: [FRGT] Klare - (10 kills with machete)
Master Fister: Maero - (3 kills with fists)
Peashooter Marksman: Corporal Clegg - (48 kills with scout pistol)
Pickle Squad Award: [NH]Pitt - (18 pickles man handled)
Rocket Scientist: [TF2F]Lancer - (217 kills with rocket)
Scatter Shot: Corporal Clegg - (147 kills with scattergun)
Sentrygun Master: Numenor - (142 kills with sentrygun)
Spam Blocker: {TF2F} BOOSH Rizzilio - (1 kills with pipe deflection)
Spy Checker: {TF2F} Fanlaen - (5 kills with pistol)
Sticky Explosion: {TF2F}Album - (105 kills with pipe remote)
Ubersawer: Psycholord - (27 kills with ubersaw)
Stats Refreshed 6/24/2008 5:00:03 AM CST
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