http://azhad.net/2008/08/18/mass-effect-and-vistas-ecn-capability/ Computing, Technology and Life Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://azhad.net/2008/08/18/mass-effect-and-vistas-ecn-capability/comment-page-1/#comment-496 AAO Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:14:41 +0000 http://azhad.net/?p=14#comment-496 I had to do this before Crysis Warhead could "phone home" too. I suspect this may be the issue, but I am not sure, with Spore and other PC games that utilize SecureROM DRM copy protection. If, when you run any game for the very first time, after installation, and you receive the following error message: "The game cannot start/The game needs to access the internet in order to verify ownership of this game. Please ensure that your computer is online and try again.", give the aforementioned netsh command a try ("netsh interface tcp set global ecncapability=disabled"). It worked for me. I am running Vista Ultimate. It is an EA game. Again, it is using SecureROM DRM copy protection. Yes, I had internet connectivitiy. Yes, I tried disabling my firewall (Norton ISS 2008), but it did not work as is not necessary. Good luck! I had to do this before Crysis Warhead could “phone home” too. I suspect this may be the issue, but I am not sure, with Spore and other PC games that utilize SecureROM DRM copy protection. If, when you run any game for the very first time, after installation, and you receive the following error message: “The game cannot start/The game needs to access the internet in order to verify ownership of this game. Please ensure that your computer is online and try again.”, give the aforementioned netsh command a try (“netsh interface tcp set global ecncapability=disabled”). It worked for me. I am running Vista Ultimate. It is an EA game. Again, it is using SecureROM DRM copy protection. Yes, I had internet connectivitiy. Yes, I tried disabling my firewall (Norton ISS 2008), but it did not work as is not necessary. Good luck!

]]> http://azhad.net/2008/08/18/mass-effect-and-vistas-ecn-capability/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Siyah Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:48:45 +0000 http://azhad.net/?p=14#comment-325 Mass Effect sounds like my kind of game. Wish I had time to play it. :( Mass Effect sounds like my kind of game. Wish I had time to play it.

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