Microsoft KB Archive/163917

Gaming Zone: Errors when Matchmaking Golf 3.0

PSS ID Number: Q163917 Article last modified on 06-25-1998

3.x

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Internet Gaming Zone, version 4.0 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When you try to matchmake Golf, version 3.0 on the Internet Gaming Zone (IGZ) without Microsoft Golf 3.0 or the Golf Multiplayer Patch installed on your computer, you receive one or both of the following error messages:

Failed to launch the game.

-or-

Microsoft Golf not installed. Please install MS Golf.

= RESOLUTION =

To resolve this problem, install the retail version of Microsoft Golf, version 3.0, and then download the Golf 3.0 Multiplayer Patch. When the patch is installed start Golf 3.0 before you connect to the Zone.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

~ Glfpatch.exe

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q119591 TITLE : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

= MORE INFORMATION =

The Golf Multiplayer Patch for Golf 3.0 uses DirectX 3.0 technology.

The full version of Microsoft Golf, version 3.0 must be installed prior to installing the Multiplayer Patch.

= Additional reference words: 4.x IGZ Internet gaming zone Z4 =

Keywords : kbfile kbusage kbfaq Technology : DirectX Version : 3.x Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.