Lockon Flaming Cliffs Product Activation?

[Guest]

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WTF is up with this stupid Star Force activation of Flaming Cliffs? It says
to enter my serial number. Where the hell is the serial number? I tried the
reference code provided when I purchased it online. I emailed the guys at
www.lockon.ru to no avail. Is this a scam or what? Nice to blow $35 for
nothing, what a crock!

 

[fisher]

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On Sun, 22 May 2005 21:22:23 -0400, "HockeyTownUSA"
<magma@killspam.comcast.net> wrote:

>WTF is up with this stupid Star Force activation of Flaming Cliffs? It says
>to enter my serial number. Where the hell is the serial number? I tried the
>reference code provided when I purchased it online. I emailed the guys at
>www.lockon.ru to no avail. Is this a scam or what? Nice to blow $35 for
>nothing, what a crock!
>

Email Starforce and they will provide you with a new working code -
hopefully.

 

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In article <hjv291tk55e18hslanser2id3a4rdj77pp@4ax.com>,
fisher@no_email.here (Fisher) wrote:

> Email Starforce and they will provide you with a new working code -
> hopefully.

Looking around some forums I see he's solved this. The details you need
for the StarForce activation are all on the http://www.lockon.ru/ forum
when you log in to the account you create. It can be a little tricky to
find stuff in ED's website layout though.

Andrew McP

 

[fisher]

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On Mon, 23 May 2005 08:48 +0100 (BST),
andrew.mcp@DELETETHISdsl.pipex.com (Andrew MacPherson) wrote:


>Looking around some forums I see he's solved this. The details you need
>for the StarForce activation are all on the http://www.lockon.ru/ forum
>when you log in to the account you create. It can be a little tricky to
>find stuff in ED's website layout though.
>
>Andrew McP

This Starforce shite is worse than Microsoft's activation. At least
Microsoft has 24/7 toll free telephone support if you ever have
problems activating XP, like I actually had to do yesterday. And the
funny thing is it was after playing a Starforce protected game that I
had to reactivate XP. Only other thing I did was install Winamp and on
reboot I was informed that my hardware had significantly changed and
had to activate XP within three days. Doesn't Starforce check your
hardware configuration as part of it's copy protection process? This
particular session of playing Splinter Cell:CT Starforce was taking an
abnormally long time checking the cdrom. Then I finished the game,
installed Winamp, rebooted and got hit with XP activation trigger.
Makes one wonder who is the culprit here. Winamp install or Starforce?
I'm thinking Starforce right now because of how Starforce works. I
can't see Winamp install causing XP activation to trigger. I've
emailed Winamp about it anyway and will see what they say about it.
Someone said the reboot may have just caused a corruption and caused
the trigger but I don't know if that's it either. The guy at Microsoft
had no idea why it happened. Strange.

 

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In article <k373919kc2a064aead18u5vrdab3u6gr3n@4ax.com>,
fisher@no_email.here (Fisher) wrote:

> Microsoft has 24/7 toll free telephone support

Heh, not *strictly* a fair comparison I think Microsoft have a
little more money in the bank than most game developers... especially
Eagle Dynamics. ED struggle to survive IMO, and it shows in their
various attempts to optimise their revenue stream.

The bottom line is I loathe copy protection of any kind, and fervently
believe pirates, no matter how numerous, are insignificant... they're
not people who would ever have bought a title they copy*.

However if it's a choice between StarForce or nothing, then I grudgingly
accept StarForce.

Andrew McP

*Ok, there are bound to be kids who might have pestered their parents
for more pocket money if they hadn't been able to DL something, but
those parents are unlikely to have bottomless pockets. So buying one
title just means another doesn't get bought later on.

 

[agh]

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"HockeyTownUSA" <magma@killspam.comcast.net> wrote in message
newsfqdndfpMbObrQzfRVn-hQ@comcast.com...
> WTF is up with this stupid Star Force activation of Flaming Cliffs? It
says
> to enter my serial number. Where the hell is the serial number? I tried
the
> reference code provided when I purchased it online. I emailed the guys at
> www.lockon.ru to no avail. Is this a scam or what? Nice to blow $35 for
> nothing, what a crock!

Go to their page, login, then go to FILES, then DOWNLOADS and under the LOCK
ON 1.1: Flaming Cliffs product you will see your product's serial number..

 

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"Andrew MacPherson" <andrew.mcp@DELETETHISdsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:memo.20050523084857.588A@address_disguised.address_disguised...
> In article <hjv291tk55e18hslanser2id3a4rdj77pp@4ax.com>,
> fisher@no_email.here (Fisher) wrote:
>
>> Email Starforce and they will provide you with a new working code -
>> hopefully.
>
> Looking around some forums I see he's solved this. The details you need
> for the StarForce activation are all on the http://www.lockon.ru/ forum
> when you log in to the account you create. It can be a little tricky to
> find stuff in ED's website layout though.
>
> Andrew McP
>

Hey Andrew.

My apologies for my pissy post. I am much better now, just tired of all this
copy protection that in the end affects the honest end user and not the
people they are trying to prevent from copying.

I do agree that ED's website isn't real clear. They should add that to their
FAQ and I will ask if they can do so.

 

[Guest]

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"agh" <agh@kjh.com> wrote in message news:d6s9cu$d9b$1@news.siemens.at...
> "HockeyTownUSA" <magma@killspam.comcast.net> wrote in message
> newsfqdndfpMbObrQzfRVn-hQ@comcast.com...
>> WTF is up with this stupid Star Force activation of Flaming Cliffs? It
> says
>> to enter my serial number. Where the hell is the serial number? I tried
> the
>> reference code provided when I purchased it online. I emailed the guys at
>> www.lockon.ru to no avail. Is this a scam or what? Nice to blow $35 for
>> nothing, what a crock!
>
> Go to their page, login, then go to FILES, then DOWNLOADS and under the
> LOCK
> ON 1.1: Flaming Cliffs product you will see your product's serial number..
>
>

Thanks for your answer. I have found this with the help of people at SimHQ
forums as well. I was in a pissy mood, but lockon.ru isn't very clear where
to get it. You essentially get three numbers: a transaction number,
reference number, and serial number. The first two of which are readily
apparent. The last was not. The FAQ only makes mention that one can find it
on the page displayed after they made the purchse, which I didn't print out
because my printer wasn't working properly, but they usually email you the
stuff. Well the email didn't contain squat.

Anyways, I'm done venting.

 

[fisher]

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On Mon, 23 May 2005 22:17:19 -0400, "HockeyTownUSA"
<magma@killspam.comcast.net> wrote:


>I agree. I mean how many copies do you think they'll sell? A few thousand?
>That's probably what drove the price up to $35 as $10 is probably for
>StarForce. Also, when I activated it said I had four more activations. Let's
>just hope that I don't lose my registry that I backed up. And what else is
>that number tied to. I hope not my hardware because I upgrade frequently and
>don't want to have to worry about shelling out another $35 or even worse yet
>not even be able to play it in the future because ED goes under and I can't
>get a new activation code.
>
>If I had known all this I would have ordered it on CD if it is even
>available on CD. I'd rather have to insert my CD for protection than to have
>to worry about whether or not my registry code is backed up.
>
>Not only that, couldn't I just take my registry key backup and give it to
>anyone else?
>
>Sorry, I never used to worry too much about copy protection, as I am an
>honest consumer and protection was usually relegatged to requiring entering
>a CD key at installation and keeping the CD in the drive, no big deal. But
>this one just hits a nerve.

I, for one, refuse to buy FC because I think it is way overpriced for
what it offers. The games I have been willing to buy that contain
Starforce are SHIII and Splinter Cell:CT. Niether have activation
limitations. But as I posted earlier I'm wondering if Starforce caused
my XP activation to tigger because Starforce does do a hardware check.

As for your 5 activations issue with FC, I read at SimHQ in their
Friday update about E3 that ED have a file you can download that gets
rid of the 5 activation limitations now. Read the last two pages in
the below url where they discuss Starforce for further info.

http://www.simhq.com/_technology/technology_053a.html

 

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How do you rate the Su25 FM? Worth the price and pain of admission?

Mitch


"HockeyTownUSA" <magma@killspam.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:d-qdnVd72LW00A_fRVn-hg@comcast.com...
>
> "Andrew MacPherson" <andrew.mcp@DELETETHISdsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
> news:memo.20050523084857.588A@address_disguised.address_disguised...
>> In article <hjv291tk55e18hslanser2id3a4rdj77pp@4ax.com>,
>> fisher@no_email.here (Fisher) wrote:
>>
>>> Email Starforce and they will provide you with a new working code -
>>> hopefully.
>>
>> Looking around some forums I see he's solved this. The details you need
>> for the StarForce activation are all on the http://www.lockon.ru/ forum
>> when you log in to the account you create. It can be a little tricky to
>> find stuff in ED's website layout though.
>>
>> Andrew McP
>>
>
> Hey Andrew.
>
> My apologies for my pissy post. I am much better now, just tired of all
> this copy protection that in the end affects the honest end user and not
> the people they are trying to prevent from copying.
>
> I do agree that ED's website isn't real clear. They should add that to
> their FAQ and I will ask if they can do so.
>
>
>

 

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Now that I got it working, I haven't had a chance to really play it yet. I
know Andrew praises it, and his word is worth a lot. He's a pretty avid
flight simmer and very familiar with Lo-Mac. He's done all those great
movies.

I'll provide my review when I get a chance to play some more.





"Mitch_A" <naman@nospam.pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:L7ske.834$rY6.443@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
> How do you rate the Su25 FM? Worth the price and pain of admission?
>
> Mitch
>
>
> "HockeyTownUSA" <magma@killspam.comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:d-qdnVd72LW00A_fRVn-hg@comcast.com...
>>
>> "Andrew MacPherson" <andrew.mcp@DELETETHISdsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>> news:memo.20050523084857.588A@address_disguised.address_disguised...
>>> In article <hjv291tk55e18hslanser2id3a4rdj77pp@4ax.com>,
>>> fisher@no_email.here (Fisher) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Email Starforce and they will provide you with a new working code -
>>>> hopefully.
>>>
>>> Looking around some forums I see he's solved this. The details you need
>>> for the StarForce activation are all on the http://www.lockon.ru/ forum
>>> when you log in to the account you create. It can be a little tricky to
>>> find stuff in ED's website layout though.
>>>
>>> Andrew McP
>>>
>>
>> Hey Andrew.
>>
>> My apologies for my pissy post. I am much better now, just tired of all
>> this copy protection that in the end affects the honest end user and not
>> the people they are trying to prevent from copying.
>>
>> I do agree that ED's website isn't real clear. They should add that to
>> their FAQ and I will ask if they can do so.
>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

[Guest]

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On Mon, 23 May 2005 11:28:27 +0100, Andrew MacPherson wrote:

>In article <k373919kc2a064aead18u5vrdab3u6gr3n@4ax.com>,
>fisher@no_email.here (Fisher) wrote:
>
> > Microsoft has 24/7 toll free telephone support
>
>Heh, not *strictly* a fair comparison I think Microsoft have a
>little more money in the bank than most game developers... especially
>Eagle Dynamics. ED struggle to survive IMO, and it shows in their
>various attempts to optimise their revenue stream.
>
>The bottom line is I loathe copy protection of any kind, and fervently
>believe pirates, no matter how numerous, are insignificant... they're
>not people who would ever have bought a title they copy*.
>
>However if it's a choice between StarForce or nothing, then I grudgingly
>accept StarForce.

Time to bring back the old SWOTL codewheel, I think!

Adamski.

 

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"HockeyTownUSA" <magma@killspam.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:X6udnbRpiaZJ0A_fRVn-sw@comcast.com...

> Thanks for your answer. I have found this with the help of people at SimHQ
> forums as well. I was in a pissy mood, but lockon.ru isn't very clear
where
> to get it. You essentially get three numbers: a transaction number,

Yeah, I'm with you.. I was also caught unprepared when I saw the "enter
product serial number"? WTF? So, mildly panicking, I went to their site and
fortunately stumbled upon it quickly enough to avoid nervous breakdown and
following rampage

Interesting thing to note, I had problems with my brand new Pioneer DVD-RW.
It wouldn't burn DVDs on 8x speeds. After three wasted DVDs, I still
couldn't figure out what caused the problem. Then I read on SimHQ E3
coverage when the article regarded StarForce that some people have similar
problems due to StarForce. So, I installed the burning software to WinME OS
(fortunatelly, I have dual boot) and the recorder works flawlessly there..
I'll try uninstalling the StarForce driver and try to record again but I
think that's it..

 

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"Fisher" <fisher@no_email.here> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 23 May 2005 22:17:19 -0400, "HockeyTownUSA"
> <magma@killspam.comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>>I agree. I mean how many copies do you think they'll sell? A few thousand?
>>That's probably what drove the price up to $35 as $10 is probably for
>>StarForce. Also, when I activated it said I had four more activations.
>>Let's
>>just hope that I don't lose my registry that I backed up. And what else is
>>that number tied to. I hope not my hardware because I upgrade frequently
>>and
>>don't want to have to worry about shelling out another $35 or even worse
>>yet
>>not even be able to play it in the future because ED goes under and I
>>can't
>>get a new activation code.
>>
>>If I had known all this I would have ordered it on CD if it is even
>>available on CD. I'd rather have to insert my CD for protection than to
>>have
>>to worry about whether or not my registry code is backed up.
>>
>>Not only that, couldn't I just take my registry key backup and give it to
>>anyone else?
>>
>>Sorry, I never used to worry too much about copy protection, as I am an
>>honest consumer and protection was usually relegatged to requiring
>>entering
>>a CD key at installation and keeping the CD in the drive, no big deal. But
>>this one just hits a nerve.
>
> I, for one, refuse to buy FC because I think it is way overpriced for
> what it offers. The games I have been willing to buy that contain
> Starforce are SHIII and Splinter Cell:CT. Niether have activation
> limitations. But as I posted earlier I'm wondering if Starforce caused
> my XP activation to tigger because Starforce does do a hardware check.
>
> As for your 5 activations issue with FC, I read at SimHQ in their
> Friday update about E3 that ED have a file you can download that gets
> rid of the 5 activation limitations now. Read the last two pages in
> the below url where they discuss Starforce for further info.
>
> http://www.simhq.com/_technology/technology_053a.html

Thanks, here's the text:

Here's something important that was pointed out to us by StarForce and which
I have seen first hand with Flaming Cliffs. Some of the issues here are not
StarForce's issues, but rather a result of the options and flexibility I
mentioned earlier that the publishers/developers have when they implement
StarForce. The best example I know of is the "5 activations and you're out"
limit imposed on the early buyers of Flaming Cliffs. Simply, if you bought
FC from Eagle Dynamics via the Internet download (which I did), you were
limited to 5 activations of the StarForce key, which could be triggered by
any combination of the typical "software won't run-delete and reinstall", or
PC problems we all experience from time to time. Another big one is if you
made a significant change to your hardware configuration, StarForce doesn't
like that. Well, the point is that the 5 activation limit was not done by
StarForce, it was done by ED. And they heard about it, believe me. It is now
corrected, with a small mod you can download going backwards, and the
downloadable and CD versions of the sim don't have the same small
limitation. Good on ED.



"GOOD ON ED?" WTF? Shame on ED for implementing it in the first place.

 

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"agh" <agh@kjh.com> wrote in message news:d6un31$k38$1@news.siemens.at...
> "HockeyTownUSA" <magma@killspam.comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:X6udnbRpiaZJ0A_fRVn-sw@comcast.com...
>
>> Thanks for your answer. I have found this with the help of people at
>> SimHQ
>> forums as well. I was in a pissy mood, but lockon.ru isn't very clear
> where
>> to get it. You essentially get three numbers: a transaction number,
>
> Yeah, I'm with you.. I was also caught unprepared when I saw the "enter
> product serial number"? WTF? So, mildly panicking, I went to their site
> and
> fortunately stumbled upon it quickly enough to avoid nervous breakdown and
> following rampage
>
> Interesting thing to note, I had problems with my brand new Pioneer
> DVD-RW.
> It wouldn't burn DVDs on 8x speeds. After three wasted DVDs, I still
> couldn't figure out what caused the problem. Then I read on SimHQ E3
> coverage when the article regarded StarForce that some people have similar
> problems due to StarForce. So, I installed the burning software to WinME
> OS
> (fortunatelly, I have dual boot) and the recorder works flawlessly there..
> I'll try uninstalling the StarForce driver and try to record again but I
> think that's it..
>
>

OOOH. That would piss me off. Thankfully I have a PC dedicated to gaming
that I never usually burn anything with that PC. I use my other PC that
never has games on it so I am not affected. Otherwsie, I'd be venting again,
I'm sure.

 

[Rob]

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"HockeyTownUSA" wrote

>> http://www.simhq.com/_technology/technology_053a.html
>
> Thanks, here's the text:
>
> Here's something important that was pointed out to us by StarForce and
> which I have seen first hand with Flaming Cliffs. Some of the issues here
> are not StarForce's issues, but rather a result of the options and
> flexibility I mentioned earlier that the publishers/developers have when
> they implement StarForce. The best example I know of is the "5 activations
> and you're out" limit imposed on the early buyers of Flaming Cliffs.
> Simply, if you bought FC from Eagle Dynamics via the Internet download
> (which I did), you were limited to 5 activations of the StarForce key,
> which could be triggered by any combination of the typical "software won't
> run-delete and reinstall", or PC problems we all experience from time to
> time. Another big one is if you made a significant change to your hardware
> configuration, StarForce doesn't like that. Well, the point is that the 5
> activation limit was not done by StarForce, it was done by ED. And they
> heard about it, believe me. It is now corrected, with a small mod you can
> download going backwards, and the downloadable and CD versions of the sim
> don't have the same small limitation. Good on ED.
>
>
>
> "GOOD ON ED?" WTF? Shame on ED for implementing it in the first place.


LMAO, only at SimHQ

 

[jp]

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"rob" <roball@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:vINke.2644$U4.376715@news.xtra.co.nz...
>
> "HockeyTownUSA" wrote
>
> >> http://www.simhq.com/_technology/technology_053a.html
> >
> > Thanks, here's the text:
> >
> > Here's something important that was pointed out to us by StarForce and
> > which I have seen first hand with Flaming Cliffs. Some of the issues
here
> > are not StarForce's issues, but rather a result of the options and
> > flexibility I mentioned earlier that the publishers/developers have when
> > they implement StarForce. The best example I know of is the "5
activations
> > and you're out" limit imposed on the early buyers of Flaming Cliffs.
> > Simply, if you bought FC from Eagle Dynamics via the Internet download
> > (which I did), you were limited to 5 activations of the StarForce key,
> > which could be triggered by any combination of the typical "software
won't
> > run-delete and reinstall", or PC problems we all experience from time to
> > time. Another big one is if you made a significant change to your
hardware
> > configuration, StarForce doesn't like that. Well, the point is that the
5
> > activation limit was not done by StarForce, it was done by ED. And they
> > heard about it, believe me. It is now corrected, with a small mod you
can
> > download going backwards, and the downloadable and CD versions of the
sim
> > don't have the same small limitation. Good on ED.
> >
> >
> >
> > "GOOD ON ED?" WTF? Shame on ED for implementing it in the first place.
>
>
> LMAO, only at SimHQ


Lol, no kidding. What a place that has become.









>
>

 

[fisher]

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On Wed, 25 May 2005 16:20:44 -0500, "JP" <jp@hotmail.com> wrote:


> Hehe. What I find interesting, is how the mods always throw in a last
>dig or two themselves, and then close a thread. Yeah, that's profo <rolls
>eyes>

They deleted my thread so no one could see me soundly thrash them -
cowards.Get this though, I was browsing through their forums and found
a user posting with the word "cumstain" in his username. They have the
audacity to threaten to ban me for the non-obscene word "bollocks" and
yet at the same time they are allowing someone to post with the
username "cumstain"? I ask you, how hypocritical is that?

 

[fisher]

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On Thu, 26 May 2005 04:17:54 GMT, "James Calivar"
<amheiserbush@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

>FWIW, I've had some pretty severe problems with my PC in the past several
>weeks. It's a new Alienware system with a P4 3200MHz, 1G of RAM and a
>6800GT. It was rock solid the first few months I had it, then all of a
>sudden I would get a hard system freeze in the middle of the most mundane of
>tasks (saving email attachments, copying files, browsing my file system,
>etc.). I tried just about everything I could think of to alleviate the
>problem - defragging numerous times, upgrading certain suspect apps
>(JetAudio and Mozilla among the top three), scanning for viruses and
>spyware - nothing. I got to the point that I basically uninstalled
>everything but the most critical of programs and defragged again. Let me
>put it this waym, the only flight sim I have left is IL2... Anyway, I
>ran MemCheck86 last night and it was good. But while it was running I was
>surfing the Net on my other PC and sudenly thought to myself - Could it be
>StarForce? I quickly downloaded the removal tool, rebooted and Voila - have
>not had a single freezxe today (whereas before I was getting upwards of 5 a
>day).
>
>It hasn't been long enough for me to definitively say that it was StarForce
>that was causing instability in my system - but it's ceratinly looking that
>way. As such - GTR Racing and SHIII are officially banned from my PC.
>
>James

It's possible a Starforce issue but your case also sounds like the
classic inadequate powersupply issue too.

 

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Starforce is the easy target for all the worlds problems

Based on the tiny bit of info I see I certainly couldnt identify SF as the
*root* issue. The only way to know with reasonable amount of certainty is a
clean reinstall of XP then install ONLY SF and see if you can replicate the
symptoms. Personally I think thats unlikely.

A more likely culprit is are the remnants of a porn spyware site that are
buried in a hidden temp file

Mitch


"James Calivar" <amheiserbush@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:S5cle.7943$M36.502@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> FWIW, I've had some pretty severe problems with my PC in the past several
> weeks. It's a new Alienware system with a P4 3200MHz, 1G of RAM and a
> 6800GT. It was rock solid the first few months I had it, then all of a
> sudden I would get a hard system freeze in the middle of the most mundane
> of tasks (saving email attachments, copying files, browsing my file
> system, etc.). I tried just about everything I could think of to
> alleviate the problem - defragging numerous times, upgrading certain
> suspect apps (JetAudio and Mozilla among the top three), scanning for
> viruses and spyware - nothing. I got to the point that I basically
> uninstalled everything but the most critical of programs and defragged
> again. Let me put it this waym, the only flight sim I have left is IL2...
> Anyway, I ran MemCheck86 last night and it was good. But while it
> was running I was surfing the Net on my other PC and sudenly thought to
> myself - Could it be StarForce? I quickly downloaded the removal tool,
> rebooted and Voila - have not had a single freezxe today (whereas before I
> was getting upwards of 5 a day).
>
> It hasn't been long enough for me to definitively say that it was
> StarForce that was causing instability in my system - but it's ceratinly
> looking that way. As such - GTR Racing and SHIII are officially banned
> from my PC.
>
> James
>

 

[BP]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim (More info?)

On Thu, 26 May 2005 00:11:28 -0700, Fisher <fisher@no_email.here>
wrote:

>On Thu, 26 May 2005 04:17:54 GMT, "James Calivar"
><amheiserbush@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
>>FWIW, I've had some pretty severe problems with my PC in the past several
>>weeks. It's a new Alienware system with a P4 3200MHz, 1G of RAM and a
>>6800GT. It was rock solid the first few months I had it, then all of a
>>sudden I would get a hard system freeze in the middle of the most mundane of
>>tasks (saving email attachments, copying files, browsing my file system,
>>etc.). I tried just about everything I could think of to alleviate the
>>problem - defragging numerous times, upgrading certain suspect apps
>>(JetAudio and Mozilla among the top three), scanning for viruses and
>>spyware - nothing. I got to the point that I basically uninstalled
>>everything but the most critical of programs and defragged again. Let me
>>put it this waym, the only flight sim I have left is IL2... Anyway, I
>>ran MemCheck86 last night and it was good. But while it was running I was
>>surfing the Net on my other PC and sudenly thought to myself - Could it be
>>StarForce? I quickly downloaded the removal tool, rebooted and Voila - have
>>not had a single freezxe today (whereas before I was getting upwards of 5 a
>>day).
>>
>>It hasn't been long enough for me to definitively say that it was StarForce
>>that was causing instability in my system - but it's ceratinly looking that
>>way. As such - GTR Racing and SHIII are officially banned from my PC.
>>
>>James
>
>It's possible a Starforce issue but your case also sounds like the
>classic inadequate powersupply issue too.

ditto that

 

[fisher]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim (More info?)

On Thu, 26 May 2005 04:11:19 GMT, "James Calivar"
<amheiserbush@yahoo.com.au> wrote:


>Siggi! You're back!
>
It's Ziggy, and I ain't him.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim (More info?)

Huh? There's porn on the Internet???

"Mitch_A" <naman@nospam.pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:dkdle.21373$J12.8480@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com...
> Starforce is the easy target for all the worlds problems
>
> Based on the tiny bit of info I see I certainly couldnt identify SF as the
> *root* issue. The only way to know with reasonable amount of certainty is
> a clean reinstall of XP then install ONLY SF and see if you can replicate
> the symptoms. Personally I think thats unlikely.
>
> A more likely culprit is are the remnants of a porn spyware site that are
> buried in a hidden temp file
>
> Mitch
>

 

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Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim (More info?)

"Fisher" <fisher@no_email.here> wrote in message
news:cjta9198fjk61bj5qinr4oo4j6m4gomlgo@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 26 May 2005 04:17:54 GMT, "James Calivar"
> <amheiserbush@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
>>FWIW, I've had some pretty severe problems with my PC in the past several
>>weeks. It's a new Alienware system with a P4 3200MHz, 1G of RAM and a
>>6800GT. It was rock solid the first few months I had it, then all of a
>>sudden I would get a hard system freeze in the middle of the most mundane
>>of
>>tasks (saving email attachments, copying files, browsing my file system,
>>etc.). I tried just about everything I could think of to alleviate the
>>problem - defragging numerous times, upgrading certain suspect apps
>>(JetAudio and Mozilla among the top three), scanning for viruses and
>>spyware - nothing. I got to the point that I basically uninstalled
>>everything but the most critical of programs and defragged again. Let me
>>put it this waym, the only flight sim I have left is IL2... Anyway, I
>>ran MemCheck86 last night and it was good. But while it was running I was
>>surfing the Net on my other PC and sudenly thought to myself - Could it be
>>StarForce? I quickly downloaded the removal tool, rebooted and Voila -
>>have
>>not had a single freezxe today (whereas before I was getting upwards of 5
>>a
>>day).
>>
>>It hasn't been long enough for me to definitively say that it was
>>StarForce
>>that was causing instability in my system - but it's ceratinly looking
>>that
>>way. As such - GTR Racing and SHIII are officially banned from my PC.
>>
>>James
>
> It's possible a Starforce issue but your case also sounds like the
> classic inadequate powersupply issue too.

I doubt it - it's a professionally built PC, not just something I threw
together. And the problems went away the second I got rid of StarForce -
it's been three days now and I've not had a lockup yet. But I will make it
a point to check my details and see how big a PS I have (don't recall at the
moment).

 

[fisher]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim (More info?)

On Fri, 27 May 2005 01:01:07 GMT, "James Calivar"
<amheiserbush@yahoo.com.au> wrote:


>I doubt it - it's a professionally built PC, not just something I threw
>together. And the problems went away the second I got rid of StarForce -
>it's been three days now and I've not had a lockup yet. But I will make it
>a point to check my details and see how big a PS I have (don't recall at the
>moment).
>
Well, I've got two Starforce protected games and have never had a
lockup and I have a Zalman PSU which is probably better kit than you
get in your *professionally* built PC.