# Why can't I play Yahoo games?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-play-yahoo-games/204941
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [October 1, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-play-yahoo-games/204941 "2003-10-01T16:57:23Z")
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### Author: ![Beastal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Beastal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastal)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-play-yahoo-games/204941/1 "2003-10-01T16:57:23Z")

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I think I have asked this here before… but I can’t find it…

I can’t play Yahoo games. The Java applets just don’t load.

I run Windows XP.

What can I do to fix this?

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### Author: ![Beastal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Beastal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastal)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-play-yahoo-games/204941/2 "2003-10-01T17:19:44Z")

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Got it working!

Download the Microsoft Virtual Machine.

Yahoo!