What does the error 999 mean on yahoo?

What does error 999 on the yahoo site mean?

• When I try to log into the games on Yahoo, the games home page only partially loads. If I sign out and return to yahoo games, it will permit me to select a game, then it asks me to log in again, at which point I can play. After I've played a game and want to choose another one, it comes up with Error 999..?????

• Answer:

  Usually a 999 error means that you can't access a page because the server has a problem. This error appears to be caused by some sort of bandwidth limiting system that Yahoo has put in place on their servers. Once you have exceeded your allotted bandwidth for a specific period of time Yahoo gives you this Error 999 message and doesn't allow you to access the service. People have primarily reported receiving this error when they try to access Yahoo Mail or Yahoo Groups, but other Yahoo services may also be affected. Why has Yahoo done this? There are two reasons that I can think of: To prevent DoS (Denial of Service) attacks. To stop automated tasks from hammering their servers with hundreds of requests a second. I've seen many possible solutions offered to get around the Error 999 message. Many of the solutions seem rather dubious to me, but I will present them all here: --Use the "secure" option when logging into Yahoo rather than the usual "standard" mode. Chances of working are medium. I have had reports that this can work when trying to get into Yahoo Mail, but I suspect it won't help with Yahoo Groups. -- If you use a proxy server then try turning it off. Chances of working are good. Because Yahoo appears to be using your IP address to track your traffic usage, switching off your proxy (or bypassing your ISP's proxy server and accessing the web directly) will result in you accessing Yahoo via a different IP address (i.e. you will be accessing Yahoo via your real IP address and not via the proxy server's IP address). Thus Yahoo will think you're a different person because you're using a different IP address. --Try clicking refresh a couple of times. If that doesn't work, return to that site later. Chanches of working are medium. Well...This is the best advice I can give you. Hope it helped.