Norton/McAfee + Vista with Freelancer

[DBoy1612]

Right! I want to write a tutorial on how to get Freelancer to run on Vista while you have Norton or McAfee installed on your system. Why Norton or McAfee? Because those are the two Anti Virus shields I know that cause problems on a Vista computer.

Now, I've learned how to get Freelancer and the mod running on the computer no problem. I've managed to get as far as seeing the server on the FL Server list. But, I can't connect. I've turned off Windows Firewall, Windows Defender, and (in this case) Norton. But, no luck. My guess is Norton is being... Well, it's being Norton and won't fully turn itself off.

Uninstalling Norton will fix the problem, that I know of. But I want to find a way to be able to connect to servers without having to do that. There are a lot of users on these forums that use Vista with either Norton or McAfee, if any of you could help fill me in on what I'm missing I'd greatly appreciate it. I can't test any of it myself as I don't own a Vista system, I'm just trying to get as much information I can from testing it with someone through Skype.

Thanks,

-DBoy

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[trekster]

More to come dboy but Norton has a port watcher that looks at ports even if its closed.(i switched my AV)

Multiplayer games Tshoot article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/819836/

Halo uses same ports as freelancer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829473/en-...29&sid=1507

Articles About Freelancer
http://support.microsoft.com/freelancerfaq

I hope some of this helps

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[Cruise]

I know it no help I tried for the best part of a week. Then I switched to panda AV. Solved.

[trekster]

Also Dboy make sure that the file(eg freelancer.exe) has rights to the internet and the lan(LOCAL)

That one I had make sure on my Firewall(ZoneAlarm)
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[DBoy1612]

Also Dboy make sure that the file(eg freelancer.exe) has rights to the internet and the lan(LOCAL)

That one I had make sure on my Firewall(ZoneAlarm)
:)

Shouldn't have to allow it through the Firewall as I'm turning it off. But thanks for your first post, I'll look in to it.

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[Dopamino]

Only use Norton and McAfee if you absolutely have to, ex. company policy, school-owned computer, etc. Otherwise, stay farrrrr away. Norton almost killed my computer, literally. You could smell the plastic and silicon getting hot.
Anyway, another nice tutorial for the less fortunate among us by DBoy!

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[DBoy1612]

Anyway, another nice tutorial for the less fortunate among us by DBoy!

Yes, yes. I'm about to start writing it. I just have to figure out where to post it.:P

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[BestFlyerHere]

Dboy, thank you for making that. Now I don't have to tell the ever-increasing number of people for the 80 millionth time that Avast/Norton/McAfee will not work with FL, even when they're off.


Later


Ben

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Oh oh oh oh!!! *Raises Hand*

Just get Avast! its Free ware, and is one of the best Anti-virus programs on the planet! :yahoo:

Great tutorial DBoy...I don't use Vista, because it sucks, but your saving alot of black eyes bashed in heads and smashed computers. :rolleyes:

Cheers

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[sn!p3r]

I use avg:), wont touch any other virus protections besides that and windows defender.