windows 7 black screen full screen game launch work around

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[DragonAlong]

When I have defense+ turned on... any games that launch in full screen will disable keyboard, mouse, and make the screen black... the only way out of it is to reset (power button power down doesnt work). Games that launch in windowed mode (or allow you to edit the launch file to make them windowed don't have this issue).

If i turn defense+ off (turn off permanently not just disable from the taskbar) then the games will launch with no issues.

i check the defense+ logs and nothing is mentioned... i also can't seem to find anything in the windows logs when this occurs either (it appears to freeze before anything gets logged perhaps?).

i am posting this here for the googlers of the world... when they have this issue they can disable defense+ (Open comodo click the Defense+ tab choose advanced choose Defense+ settings then checkmark the "deactivate the defense+ permanently then reboot) and the game should launch.

i am also posting this here for comodo... anyone have any ideas what a fix for this might be? i don't like trusting that there is no malicious code in every game i play... would prefer to have defense+ running

have a good day
 


info: video drivers are current nvidia drivers for a 9800gt (8.16.11.9107), machine is a quad core intel 4 gigs ram, windows 7  pro upgrade fresh install.

[adioz86]

There are 2 ways to work around.

Either first time you start a game you has to switch CIS to Training Mode before or you add the game to D+ and threat it as trusted application.

[Creasy]

When I have defense+ turned on... any games that launch in full screen will disable keyboard, mouse, and make the screen black... the only way out of it is to reset (power button power down doesnt work). Games that launch in windowed mode (or allow you to edit the launch file to make them windowed don't have this issue).

If i turn defense+ off (turn off permanently not just disable from the taskbar) then the games will launch with no issues.

i check the defense+ logs and nothing is mentioned... i also can't seem to find anything in the windows logs when this occurs either (it appears to freeze before anything gets logged perhaps?).

i am posting this here for the googlers of the world... when they have this issue they can disable defense+ (Open comodo click the Defense+ tab choose advanced choose Defense+ settings then checkmark the "deactivate the defense+ permanently then reboot) and the game should launch.

i am also posting this here for comodo... anyone have any ideas what a fix for this might be? i don't like trusting that there is no malicious code in every game i play... would prefer to have defense+ running

have a good day
 


info: video drivers are current nvidia drivers for a 9800gt (8.16.11.9107), machine is a quad core intel 4 gigs ram, windows 7  pro upgrade fresh install.

1.Change Defense+ mode > Training.
2.Change Firewall mode > Training.
3.run your game.
4.play your game for a while.
5.quit the game.
6.change defense+ and Firewall mode > default.
7.go to 'Network Security Policy' 'Computer Security Policy'
8.choose your game .exe file ex)dragonfly.exe
9.click 'Edit'>select 'Use a Predefined Policy'>Choose 'Trusted Application'
10.click 'Apply'
11.feel free with your game.

The key point is training mode.

[DragonAlong]

Thanks for the suggestions, however that is what I was doing. Even in learning mode it will freeze windows 7. Total disable of defense plus is still required with some games... like FarCry... not sure why.

[Creasy]

Thanks for the suggestions, however that is what I was doing. Even in learning mode it will freeze windows 7. Total disable of defense plus is still required with some games... like FarCry... not sure why.

Did your follow exactly what I said?

Please show me following details.
1.your D+ settings including 'Computer Security Policy'.

2.Windows 7 build number?

3.Windows 7 edition?

4.Hardwares?

5.etc...

Is that Farcry 2?
Farcry2 works fine in my system.(Windows 7 Ultimate Retail X64)
I think your have other problem.

[adioz86]

Maybe your Firewall is not set correct, and the cause of freezing is Firewall.

Please check this.

[calvin-c]

What I'd like to know is why this happens. I have a number of games which routinely make encoded modifications to encoded keys in their CLSID. Under XP & Vista, I just as routinely block these & the game works fine. It'll even work without an Internet connection so I don't think these are 'reporting' back, but I still don't trust encoded data that isn't necessary. I'm pretty sure it's added by the distributor, probably to support their DRM.

What I've found is that under Windows 7 HP (64-bit) I can run the game as Installer (not Installation Mode) and it works. If I run it 'normally' then even when I Allow all modifications, it doesn't. So what's the difference between treating it as an Installer vs. Allowing it to make changes each time I'm alerted?

(By the way, I don't want to change to a different distributor. This is the only distributor I've found that does allow the games to run without an Internet connection.)

[philbustier]

All applications who run in full screen (games) freeze the computer with a beautiful black screen.

This problem is know since February 2008.
Single solution change firewall and defense+ to training before and rechange after (https://forums.comodo.com/frequently_asked_questions_faq_for_comodo_firewall/a_note_to_gamers-t20008.0.html)


I have installed CIS since 2 days and I have had it, I am "fed up" to reset my computer. 


Any chance for a updating for CIS ?

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