Starforce protection problems

Lemmster

New Member
Hi everyone, not sure if this should be here or in the drivers section but it's a game that’s caused this.
I bought Dreamfall The Longest Journey yesterday and although its installed fine, a copy protection program it forces you to install adds a driver to the windows directory. A driver that someone decided would be better if it weren’t digitally signed...
Anyway my computer is now spitting it's dummy out on boot unless I tape it in with the advanced boot menu. Is there anything I can do about this? or do I just have to put up with pressing F8 every time my pc starts until I get bored and uninstall the game.

The driver is called sfsync04.sys

I heard there is a way to make Vista always forego driver checking on boot but I'd rather not do that as I don’t see the point of compromising my pc's security for the sake of one game.

Vista Ultimate x64 sp1
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Mesh Computers (Never again. ALWAYS BUILD YOUR OWN!)
    CPU
    AMD Athelon X2 5000+ 2.6ghz
    Motherboard
    Some Nvidia nForce thing that dosnt work properly
    Memory
    4gig DDR2 400mhz (Too slow for the cpu I know)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Readon HD 4870 1gig (Only half decent thing in this pc)
    Sound Card
    Creative xtreme sound
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22' iiyama ...something and 40' Samsung HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050 & 1080P
    Hard Drives
    2x 250gig 5000rpm Sata
    PSU
    Not very good
    Case
    Broken
    Cooling
    Air cooling (main fan's barings are worn out so it rattles)
    Keyboard
    Logitech G11 + indeterminate stains
    Mouse
    Sidewinder X5 (Right click jams with prolonged use)
    Internet Speed
    Depends if there has been a light shower within 20 miles.
    Other Info
    CPU fan was defective and exploded.
    Sound card never works properly
    ATI graphics card keeps forgetting my HDTV's refresh rate and runs at a constant 70'c.
    Did have a Nvidia 7950GT 512mb but that exploded too.
    Machine smells faintly of burning plastic, not sure where it comes from.
    Windows page file is jammed at 10gig for some reason. Slow but it will never run out I guess...
Pain in the ass isnt it , the developer of Riva Tuner had the same problem , we were all complaining about it over at the guru3d forums for months , riva tuner was just unusable unless you opted out of boot protection per session , i ended up turning it off altogether , My antivirus checks all startup programs on bootup anyway.

There is no other way around it mate thats all you can do

Incidently riva tuner is now digitally signed , and you know what the dev had to do to get his signiture from microsoft............pay them a fee , thats it!! makes a mockery out of the whole thing doesnt it
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 4Gig / Titan Fenir
    Motherboard
    XFX 780i
    Memory
    4GB OCZ PC2-8500C5 DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    western digital raptor 10000rpm sata
    PSU
    OCZ Modstream 700w
    Cooling
    Titan Fenir
    Keyboard
    Razer Reclusa
    Mouse
    Logitech G5 Gamer
    Internet Speed
    8mb
Alright cheers, can't have everything can we heh. It's a point and click adventure game so I will probably get bored after half an hour (It had a nice looking box with a girl on the back how could I not buy it >.>)

Incidentally do you know if there is a IPX driver thats signed? my friends and I have alot of lan matches but were limited with alot of older games because Vista dosn't have ipx networking as standard.

Thankyou for the help
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Mesh Computers (Never again. ALWAYS BUILD YOUR OWN!)
    CPU
    AMD Athelon X2 5000+ 2.6ghz
    Motherboard
    Some Nvidia nForce thing that dosnt work properly
    Memory
    4gig DDR2 400mhz (Too slow for the cpu I know)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Readon HD 4870 1gig (Only half decent thing in this pc)
    Sound Card
    Creative xtreme sound
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22' iiyama ...something and 40' Samsung HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050 & 1080P
    Hard Drives
    2x 250gig 5000rpm Sata
    PSU
    Not very good
    Case
    Broken
    Cooling
    Air cooling (main fan's barings are worn out so it rattles)
    Keyboard
    Logitech G11 + indeterminate stains
    Mouse
    Sidewinder X5 (Right click jams with prolonged use)
    Internet Speed
    Depends if there has been a light shower within 20 miles.
    Other Info
    CPU fan was defective and exploded.
    Sound card never works properly
    ATI graphics card keeps forgetting my HDTV's refresh rate and runs at a constant 70'c.
    Did have a Nvidia 7950GT 512mb but that exploded too.
    Machine smells faintly of burning plastic, not sure where it comes from.
    Windows page file is jammed at 10gig for some reason. Slow but it will never run out I guess...
sorry the link was for 32 bit vista ive deleted it
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 4Gig / Titan Fenir
    Motherboard
    XFX 780i
    Memory
    4GB OCZ PC2-8500C5 DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    western digital raptor 10000rpm sata
    PSU
    OCZ Modstream 700w
    Cooling
    Titan Fenir
    Keyboard
    Razer Reclusa
    Mouse
    Logitech G5 Gamer
    Internet Speed
    8mb
Try updating Starforce,

Software Protection. Update Remove Driver

Personally I would return the game explaining why, and if they refuse would probably snap the disk into pieces and send it to the game publishers telling them exactly what I thought of them and their "wonderful" copy protection.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Me
    CPU
    Athlon x2 7750 BE
    Motherboard
    Asus M4A78 Pro
    Memory
    2x2gb Kingston
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire HD 4830
    Sound Card
    X-Fi Xtreme Music
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer P221w and Acer 1916w
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050 and 1440x900
    Hard Drives
    2x80 GB Seagate 7200.10 in RAID0, 500 GB Seagate 7200.12
    PSU
    Antec Earthwatts 500W
    Case
    Antec Sonata III
    Cooling
    AC Freezer 64 Pro and a couple of 120 mm case fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wave
    Mouse
    Logitech G5 v2
    Internet Speed
    10000/1000
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