Vista - Starforce protection problems

Lemmster · 05-08-2009

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

**archie123** · 05-08-2009

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

Lemmster · 05-08-2009

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

**archie123** · 05-08-2009

sorry the link was for 32 bit vista ive deleted it

**stormy13** · 05-09-2009

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.

05-08-2009	#1 (permalink)
Lemmster Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 4 posts	Starforce protection problems 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 System Specs

05-08-2009	#2 (permalink)
archie123 Vista Home Premium 64bit SP2 1,743 posts	Re: Starforce protection problems 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 System Specs

05-08-2009	#3 (permalink)
Lemmster Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 4 posts	Re: Starforce protection problems 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 System Specs

05-08-2009	#4 (permalink)
archie123 Vista Home Premium 64bit SP2 1,743 posts	Re: Starforce protection problems sorry the link was for 32 bit vista ive deleted it
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05-09-2009	#5 (permalink)
stormy13 Vista Ultimate x64 607 posts	Re: Starforce protection problems 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.
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