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Error Code 0x80041004
Today I started getting network error code 0x80041004 while trying to play internet checkers. What is this error code and how do I fix it?
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Problem solved. Yeay, I can now play Internet backgammon after days of torture. I use Win 7. Clear the SSL State by following these steps.
a. Press the Windows Key and the R key simultaneously to get the Run prompt.
b. In the Run prompt, type inetcpl.cpl and press enter.
c. In the Internet Properties window, click on the Content tab.
d. Click on Clear SSL State.
Go to this link: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-gaming/new-81-user-and-cant-connect-to-my-online-games/008c9889-3b42-44a6-b47e-b66a8003effe
I appreciate your suggestion - which may be helpful in a corrupted SSL state.
But in the current case, error 0x80041004 was just a simple game server connection issue. I was notified this morning about the posts given above. My short test on a Windows 7 production machine shows, that MS Internet games are working again - whitout any further interaction - a kind of voodoo. Or some Microsoft supporter hit the reset button on a game server ;-) - cheers.
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Anonymous
2016-03-07T19:55:19+00:00 Today whole day long error code: 0x80041006. when will microsoft this problem many many people got it.
today i got reply from your colleque very onpolite his name: RUSmx
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Anonymous
2016-03-23T14:43:04+00:00 I wouldn't mind the server error quite as much if they didn't count it as a loss in my statistics. I have been getting this error for years, have jumped through all of the hoops that have been suggested as fixes, nothing has worked. Microsoft does not get any money out of this so it will never be fixed. They no longer care about people that use their products.