"Unable to connect for version checking. Please check all firewall settings"

[StrtDoc]

That is the message I get when I try to connect to online arenas. I have tried disabling firewall to see if there is a difference, but it still will not connect.
Pingplotter pic is located here:
http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=45&u=14929801
Dxdiag shows:
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System Information
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Time of this report: 11/26/2010, 05:07:59
       Machine name: TimRN-FlightSim
   Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.100218-0019)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: OEM
       System Model: OEM
               BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         920  @ 2.67GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.8GHz
             Memory: 2038MB RAM
          Page File: 1239MB used, 3075MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 64bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 3: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 4: 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 GTX 260
     Manufacturer: NVIDIA
        Chip type: GeForce GTX 260
         DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_05E2&SUBSYS_12623842&REV_A1
   Display Memory: 1644 MB
 Dedicated Memory: 881 MB
    Shared Memory: 763 MB
     Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
          Monitor: Acer LCD Monitor P201W
      Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
   Driver Version: 8.17.0012.6099 (English)
      DDI Version: 10
   BGRA Supported: Yes
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 10/16/2010 13:55:00, 12788840 bytes
      WHQL Logo'd: Yes
  WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-46A2-11CF-214C-6E321FC2C535}
        Vendor ID: 0x10DE
        Device ID: 0x05E2
        SubSys ID: 0x12623842
      Revision ID: 0x00A1
      Revision ID: 0x00A1
      Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_C ModeWMV9_C
 Deinterlace Caps: {6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY

[Jayhawk]

Here are two quotes and a thread link that you might browse.

Firewalls all have thier own way of doing things.  Something on your computer is blocking the game from accessing the Internet, or you are behind a router which has a firewall enabled and it is blocking the game from the Internet, or both.

First thing to do is determine what is blocking the games access to the Internet.

It might be this

Quote from Skuzzy

"Some firewalls databases will get corrupt after adding an application back into it many times.  The only cure is to remove the firewall software and re-install it.  This is particularly true for Norton."

I was getting this error "unable to connect for version checking. please check all firewall settings".

so I got rid of my Mcafee firewall, installed ESET and the program ran flawlessly

I hope this helps

gus

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,298437.0.html