need technical (read before moving mods)

i play silk road · Post by **i play silk road** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:56 pm

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

_.-JaCk-._ · Post by **_.-JaCk-._** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:23 pm

your firewall is blocking the port(s) that Game guard uses to update/authenticate itself.

RuYi · Post by **RuYi** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:24 pm

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 play silk road · Post by **i play silk road** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:17 am

i dont see why it would

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

truez · Post by **truez** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 1:07 am

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

All te best....

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

cool2fool · Post by **cool2fool** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:12 am

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

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.

i play silk road · Post by **i play silk road** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:02 am

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

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

i play silk road · Post by **i play silk road** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:06 am

im not administrator o i wont be able to turn it off for a moment, but ill get mi dad to disable it

i play silk road · Post by **i play silk road** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:09 am

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