Conflicts - Win-7, secruity SW, COH
By
Adar_ICT,
Posted on: 2009-10-30 14:53 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Microsoft Security Essentials. It is free, uses very little resources, and works just peachy.
ZoneAlarm Free and AVG Free. Both are free, and very good at what they do.
If you would like to fix your problem rather than switching (although I would suggest switching anyway. The only thing worse than CA is McAffee), you should be able to set an exception to ignore COHUPDATER.EXE and CITYOFHEROES.EXE. It wouldn't surprise me if you still had problems, just because of CA's crappy suite, but it is something to try. Also, make sure that when CA installed, that it disabled the Windows Firewall. Sometimes it doesn't do that, and you end up with a loop where the two firewalls are blocking each other.
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My August Sir,|
Originally Posted by Adar_ICT
If you would like to fix your problem rather than switching (although I would suggest switching anyway. The only thing worse than CA is McAffee), you should be able to set an exception to ignore COHUPDATER.EXE and CITYOFHEROES.EXE. It wouldn't surprise me if you still had problems, just because of CA's crappy suite, but it is something to try. Also, make sure that when CA installed, that it disabled the Windows Firewall. Sometimes it doesn't do that, and you end up with a loop where the two firewalls are blocking each other.
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Tks Adar. And CA use to be, to be, so ok.
I have set every ignore Coh and Up-Coh I could find and all it did was change the way things splattered against the wall.
If you have not seen it (and I dont recomend it) CA software have used the "baffle'm with bull" technique by changing the entire UI to the product and restricting access to the machinery. This also gives you the "easy to use" - "impossible to figure out" paradox. Where's my mace?
Good advice about the firewalls, like Kings, a multitude of firewalls is not a good thing.
Regards,
Jack Noir - Knights of Justice
My August Sirs,
This is to inform this thread that I have tested Microsoft Security Essentials and AVG Free as security software with COH and Windows 7; they both work well. I run in Admin mode as well.
Computer Associates does not work at all.
Regards,
Jack Noir - Knights of Justice
My August Sirs (gender neutal)
I have a new install of Windows 7 and its good, it was the third try.
I have COH loaded. It launches, updates the SW, loads, and opens the game. This is good, but there is no security software on the system other than what Microsoft put into Windows 7.
If I load my secruity software, Computer Associates Security Suite Plus 2009, and then start the game a very different thing happens. COH launches and will update SW but as soon as load starts it black-screens. It gives me errors like "you do not have a keyboard". Trust me on this I have a keyboard.
Practical solutions;
1. find other security software companies who are doing a better job at servicing the game environment. If you have suggestions please post, I am getting a divorce from CA!
2. find a work around with in the game its self.
Regards,
Jack Noir - Knights of Justice