Breakdown of Starforce Problem -v1.12a

Starforce Problem: (just more information here...)

**screenshots can be large.. warning **

1. Install Lockon (lockon, FC, 1.12a patch)

(no Starforce drivers installed)

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2. Run LockOn - don't reboot yet.

It checks the CD, then LockON runs.

3. Exit Lockon

No starForce is in device manager

Not showing in Device Manager

4. Reboot

Now star force shows up in Device Manger

Installed

5. Click desktop Icon to start lockON

Lockon.exe hangs at 30k and CPU is pegged at 100%

Game will not run.

You cannot kill the task, either using cmd line tools or in task manager.

You must Hard reboot your machine.

Lockon exe freeze - Starforce (frontline) freeze

100% CPU cycles

6. You can start LockON, after insert CD, the click Play from the Autorun menu

7. Run the starforce removal tool

Reboot is necessary

8. Check Device Manger again after reboot

Starforce protection is still installed

Still Installed

Right click and choose uninstall is required to remove it.

Step 5/6 has been reported before, but I thought I'd report more information.

As reported the game can still be played thru running Play from the CD autorun menu..

Note **

When starting Lockon for the first time, starforce is supposively installed, but no reboot occurs as it used to in the past.

I do believe it's the synchronization driver that is the culprit here...

Please respond.

I think you should also post this on StarForce forums also email support@lockon.ru

I use WEB copy of Flaming Cliffs and I don't encounter this problem.

thanks for the tip.. I just emailed them with a link to here...