Thanks Moe, I appreciate the reply (you too Sniper, if you're reading this)... My steam is up-to-date. From what I can tell after reading the forums my conflict is RO and Norton System Works... NSW works great for me, the AV has blocked intrusion attempts on several occassions and the utilities are helpful. I'm not going to uninstall an excellent, well functioning program so that RO can _maybe_ run.
What is Tripwire's problem that it can't get run with Norton? AV and firewall conflicts with games have been around for a decade now. This is the kind of problem you look for and fix before a release. How can tripwire release a game that doesn't work with NSW on a WIN XP PC... or Zone Alarm... these aren't exactly obscure configurations.
Frankly this problem is so bad I'm starting to resent not just Tripwire, but Steam as well... I really thought games delivered thru the Steam system were reliable (they have been up till now) ... this shows me that isn't true.
Another game or two with probs like this on Steam and that brand will be trashed.
Well, enough griping. Good luck all... let's hope a fix for this comes thru soon. Until then I'll console myself with the thought that 25 bux isn't the end of the world.
Pyth