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pek
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I am starting this in the hope it will help others that are having this irritating install problem. I also have a rant at the end.
I found this on EA's forums. If your install of MOHA craps out at the very end without an error at all, try this.
1. Enable MS ICS.
Yes children, EA wants to modify your access list:
A change has been made to the Windows Firewall application exception list.
Policy origin: Local Policy
Profile changed: Standard
Change type: Add
New Settings:
Name: Medal of Honor Airborne
Path: D:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Medal of Honor Airborne\UnrealEngine3\Binaries\MOHA.exe
State: Enabled
Scope: All subnets
Old Settings:
Name: -
Path: -
State: -
Scope: -
So, EA not only doesn't tell you you have to have ICS running IN ORDER TO JUST INSTALL THE DAMN GAME, it wants to change security on your pc without telling you. I use ZA, so I had to start the ICS service to install the game. I then turned it off. The fixes posted on the EA forums changed throughout the day, and I had tried those plus what EA support asked me to try (updated installshield, stopping ALL procs except the ones that would crash your pc if they weren't running).
/rant on
I can't fathom the reasoning behind this decision, to require ICS be running to do an install. I feel this is as bad or worse than using starforce. I am going to think very, very hard about buying an EA game in the future if this is how their development/management team thinks. At least you can get Bioshock from Steam so you don't have to put up with starforce. And Stardock has a great idea, too. I mean, you can get cracked versions of these games within hours of offical release and no wonder with the stupid DRM. This very short-sighted policy is going to bite the developers/publishers right in the ass.
/rant off
I found this on EA's forums. If your install of MOHA craps out at the very end without an error at all, try this.
1. Enable MS ICS.
Yes children, EA wants to modify your access list:
A change has been made to the Windows Firewall application exception list.
Policy origin: Local Policy
Profile changed: Standard
Change type: Add
New Settings:
Name: Medal of Honor Airborne
Path: D:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Medal of Honor Airborne\UnrealEngine3\Binaries\MOHA.exe
State: Enabled
Scope: All subnets
Old Settings:
Name: -
Path: -
State: -
Scope: -
So, EA not only doesn't tell you you have to have ICS running IN ORDER TO JUST INSTALL THE DAMN GAME, it wants to change security on your pc without telling you. I use ZA, so I had to start the ICS service to install the game. I then turned it off. The fixes posted on the EA forums changed throughout the day, and I had tried those plus what EA support asked me to try (updated installshield, stopping ALL procs except the ones that would crash your pc if they weren't running).
/rant on
I can't fathom the reasoning behind this decision, to require ICS be running to do an install. I feel this is as bad or worse than using starforce. I am going to think very, very hard about buying an EA game in the future if this is how their development/management team thinks. At least you can get Bioshock from Steam so you don't have to put up with starforce. And Stardock has a great idea, too. I mean, you can get cracked versions of these games within hours of offical release and no wonder with the stupid DRM. This very short-sighted policy is going to bite the developers/publishers right in the ass.
/rant off
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