Vista FL Compatability Tutorial

[sishu21]

[quote="GBUMoon";p="205865"]Here is what I've tried:
01 uninstalled AVG 8.0 FREE
02 turned off Firewall
03 stopped firewall service and deactivated in SERVICES.MSC
04 stopped IP Helper service and deactivated in SERVICES.MSC
05 disabled IPv6 in Network Connection Properties
06 opened port 2302 on router (TCP and UDP)
07 disabled Windows Defender service and deactivated in SERVICES.MSC
08 running Freelancer in Windows XP compatibility mode
09 running Freelancer in Windows 2000 compatibility mode
10 running Freelancer as Administrator
11 running fldirectip.hta in EXE folder with IP entered
12 running MSXML3.MSI in REDIST folder on Freelancer CD
13 rebooting (times infinity)
.. maybe more but that's all I can remember off the top of my head.  

Any other suggestions?  I installed and played this game at work today on XP just fine, I came home and tried playing it on Vista and I've been on crazy chase ever since as you can see.  Any suggestions would be grrrreatly appreciated!

In any case, I get my list of servers just fine, but when I click to connect to a server, not even one second goes by and I receive this error >> http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/7816 ... rornm3.jpg[/quote]

same FREAKING thing! Except I can't figure out the user and password to my router. And I use BitDefender anti-virus. WHY doesn't it work???

[edam]

add avanquest systemsuite 8 pro to the blacklist and does any1 have any ideas on how to fully remove it as i having issues connecting it either lets me or it doesnt.

[Echo-7]

I've managed to get on with Norton 360 Premier Edition (*edit: once). (This guide is similar but not quite identical to the normal Norton 360)

To allow FL through the firewall:
1) in the main N360 page, click on settings at the top, a new box will pop up
2) on the left hand side, click on firewall
3) click on the tab 'Program Rules'
4) scroll down the list of programs to find Freelancer
5) next to Freelancer, clcik on the list/icon that says auto, and then click on 'Allow'
6) at the bottom of the window, click on 'Apply'
... and that's it.

Also, it helps to have port 2302 forwarded (open) if you use a router.

*edit: don't whitelist it, because I'm having connection problems again.

[moltenlead]

Worth Bumping  :D

[akameiko]

Hello all. I am running into this "please insert the correct cd-rom, select ok and restart application". Anyone have any ideas?

[RamireZ_Sad]

[quote="akameiko";p="232424"]Hello all. I am running into this "please insert the correct cd-rom, select ok and restart application". Anyone have any ideas?[/quote]

Hi , you need no CD crack / fix , try google it out