Rfactor does not boot

Hello, I have recently installed Rfactor and I have a problem, the game does not boot. I go to the video settings, put my values and start the game, hard disk spins for 5-6 seconbds and I come back to the video settings page afetr some internet access (my firewall is telling me). I suspect something is wrong with the video settings, can I use a "safe mode" to start the game ? Thanks for the help -- Email contact http://cerbermail.com/?ltQ8eCFmRa

Txl <[email hidden]> wrote in news:op.s2fjpbolarkwbw@jc: > Hello, > > I have recently installed Rfactor and I have a problem, the game does > not boot. > <Snip> > Have you registered yet? It sounds like the sim is accessing the internet to check your registration number. Either your firewall is blocking this process or your number isn't being properly found. dh

Dave Henrie wrote:

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> Txl <[email hidden]> wrote in news:op.s2fjpbolarkwbw@jc: > >> Hello, >> >> I have recently installed Rfactor and I have a problem, the game does >> not boot. >> <Snip> >> > > Have you registered yet? It sounds like the sim is accessing the > internet to check your registration number. Either your firewall is > blocking this process or your number isn't being properly found. > dh

Also Zone Alarm and a few other firewalls can cause an extreme delay in loading Rfactor. Ed

TXL, Ed Medlin's post is true, all I wanna add is that I had more or less, the same problem, it turned out to be AntiVirus from COmputer associates (mines bundled with SBC & Yahoo), i f you have it you will have to disable it to run, until you figure out how to set an excaption in the AV sw (is possible). Firewall is most likely the 1st problem, it has to register (and BTW even offline you need to set it to allow it seems to help, in firewall) second could combined be like me FW & AV sw... which made it hard to figure out. Kill them both. BTW my firewall is a Hardware firewall/router with child proof net surfing protection software, again from SBC-Yahoo... It was blocking things the 1st time run, asking if you wanna give permission. disable register then figure out how to allow is what I had to do, then all was fine... Txl enlightened us with:

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> Hello, > > I have recently installed Rfactor and I have a problem, the game does > not boot. > I go to the video settings, put my values and start the game, hard > disk spins for 5-6 seconbds and I come back to the video settings > page afetr some internet access (my firewall is telling me). > I suspect something is wrong with the video settings, can I use a > "safe mode" to start the game ? > Thanks for the help > > -- > Email contact > > http://cerbermail.com/?ltQ8eCFmRa

PlowBoy wrote in news:hedtf.35912$Mi5.24314@dukeread07:

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> TXL, > > Ed Medlin's post is true, all I wanna add is that I had more or > less, the same problem, it turned out to be AntiVirus from > COmputer associates (mines bundled with SBC & Yahoo), i f you > have it you will have to disable it to run, until you figure out > how to set an excaption in the AV sw (is possible).

<snip> CA's ezAntivirus program has a "snooze" mode that lets you play rFactor without having to completely shut down (and later restart) the program. Right-click on the taskbar icon and select "Snooze antivirus protection". Fill in an appropriate time in the dialogue windows and click the "Snooze" button. To reactive the realtime checking, right-click on the icon and select the same "snooze..." option, but this time click on the "Wake" button. HTH, -- Darryl