Here is the scoop.
I have not found a way to completely fix this issue, but I can tell you how to make multiplayer online games
possible if you encounter this issue. I have done this many times and it works ever time.
The issue has something to do with multiplayer and single player settings. Once you open a single player game,
and then try to connect to a multiplayer online game and get the error message "Could not connect to Generals
Online". Use the following steps to fix this problem. You will need to do this each time you cannot connect and
you will be fine.
1. Be sure the game is not running.
2. Open "My Documents" folder
3. Open "Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour Data" folder.
4. Locate the "Options" file (Options.ini - shows as a "Type" of "Configuration Setting")
5. Delete this file completely
6. Start the game and it will rebuild this missing file.
Note: I don't know if the "Options.ini" file holds any valuable stats for single player. GameSpy holds the stats
online so those will not be lost or effected.
Hope this helps, I know I spent countless hours trying to get the damn thing to work. Now it works ever time!!!
