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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