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need technical (read before moving mods)

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:56 pm
by i play silk road
ok

reason this is going in here, because nobody ever goes on technical help

so here i go

its never done this befor, but after loading gameguard

it says this: connecting to gameguard failed. try again later or try ajusting personal firewall settings

ill post a screenie if anyone tells me how


topic closed, proccess guard was blocking the gameguard update :d


thanks for ur help

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:23 pm
by _.-JaCk-._
your firewall is blocking the port(s) that Game guard uses to update/authenticate itself.

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:24 pm
by RuYi
Yeah I think that too, just check the settings of it (program controll or something should be it) and adjust the settings so that he'll let Gameguard work. :)

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:17 am
by i play silk road
i dont see why it would

firewall settings havent been messed with, and its never done this before.

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 1:07 am
by truez
Hi,

Ru using Norton by any chance?? If yes, Norton or couple of antivirus blocks the ports which is assigned for games....

Uninstall ur antivirus and try the game... but im not responsible for ur virus on ur comp :P

All te best....

PS - I try to reply on Technical Help section.. mods can move tis across there..

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:12 am
by cool2fool
truez wrote:Hi,

Ru using Norton by any chance?? If yes, Norton or couple of antivirus blocks the ports which is assigned for games....

Uninstall ur antivirus and try the game... but im not responsible for ur virus on ur comp :P

All te best....

PS - I try to reply on Technical Help section.. mods can move tis across there..


Not uninstall but just disable it........or go to control panel >security center
Off firwall and automatic updates.

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:02 am
by i play silk road
truez wrote:Hi,

Ru using Norton by any chance?? If yes, Norton or couple of antivirus blocks the ports which is assigned for games....

Uninstall ur antivirus and try the game... but im not responsible for ur virus on ur comp :P

All te best....

PS - I try to reply on Technical Help section.. mods can move tis across there..


im using avg

and bit defender

ill check to see if the firewall settings have been changed, but it might just be a fauk, as it was working perfectly the day before

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:06 am
by i play silk road
im not administrator o i wont be able to turn it off for a moment, but ill get mi dad to disable it

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:09 am
by i play silk road
RuYi wrote:Yeah I think that too, just check the settings of it (program controll or something should be it) and adjust the settings so that he'll let Gameguard work. :)


i checked, and its not being blocked on the list of exeptions, in fact, its not even there