Starforce the culprit !!!???

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this is an update to my previous post about starforce being a possible cause for some of the problems ,,, it looks like it maybe ,, i had removed the starforce drivers after uninstaling GC2 did a restart and reinstalled the game ,, after updating it to 1.0x and trying it ,,it locked up but in a completly different area only once ,,,, and this was after 1 & ahalf hours of play ( big diference from 5 to 10 mins) ,,i installed the beta update and only just stopped playing after 3 hours of play without any lockups ,CTD'S ,BSD'S ,,, .. i dont know if its just the removel of SF or the beta or a combination of both but i can now play for a nice lenght of time ,,, ,,also minor note, there is a small glitch in the beta with the mining SB ,when selecting a update you see a white transperent box for the symbol of the upgrade ,, yes ,i am back in the game ,roll on the expansion pack
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
God alone knows what Lovecraftian horrors Starforce unleashes upon your unsuspecting system. I'd consider myself lucky that I didn't suffer any hardware damage from that infernal malware.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
amen to that, the new starforce is gonig to be even worst...
"It looks like Starforce is ready once again to get some more eggs thrown at it, along with a couple of rocks. An article well-hidden on cdfreaks.com reveals what seems to be the latest fashion in driving the customers mad. It would seem that the copy protection system installs a driver "that gains RING0 access (the highest level of access to your computer)". The bad thing is that the Starforce driver runs all the time, regardless of whether the game runs or not. So, if this driver detects, at any given time, a "suspicious" activity, it would force the computer to immediately reboot. Had some unsaved work? Were you doing something important? Did you have other application running at the same time? Well, you don't have to worry about it now. Nice, huh?

But wait, there's more. Nevermind the fact that this "instant reboot" occurs even if the game Starforce should protect is not involved. The worse thing is the user is not informed he has "willingly" installed such a feature. As much as Starforce is concerned, people could bash their heads against walls as much as they'd like, while trying to figure out what's wrong with their computers."
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
What are people like StarForce thinking they are?... Lamers, I hope they suffer a... :X
I am sorry to hear this budrick, hope you can fix everything. I will never buy a StarForce protected game ever, heard too much shit about it.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
well so far so good ,, i havent had any major probs with the game now ,, a odd graphical glitch here and there but the game is playing ok and i can now get back to ruling the entire galaxy ,,,,,, mwa ha ha ha hah ,