Posts by Fafhred

Very interesting, a sequel to the original game
Thanks for the heads-up.

The original game, and I still have my old boxed copy.

I was not aware of that protection issue, that would probably be it, then.

Update: that seemed to do the trick, thanks.
Do I need to install any patch on top of it? I do not remember which patch I had installed previously, while I was still running Windows 7.

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when it asks for directplay you have to allow it
thats it

Well, I have done that, but it still does not work for me.
I have also ran he compatibilty troubleshooter, which ends with 'program not compatible'

Any other suggestion?

I have played and replayed Freelancer many times through the years and various versions of Windows, I would hate to no longer be able to replay it...