A tip for those stuck at startup screen

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When I tried to start the game after installation it got stuck on startup screen. I left it for a long time and nothing happens. Ctr-Alt-Delete did nothing and I had to hardboot.

I finally tried to open task manager first to see what it shows on startup. Then I discovered that Elemental was trying to access internett and was awaiting confirmation by ZoneAlarm. Task manager somehow seemed to avoid the problem where the startup screen would hold focus and Windows - D, Ctr-Alt-Del and Alt-Tab was useless.

After allowing access, the game started :)

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Yeah, I had the same issue with Comodo.  I was able to alt-tab out and fix it, but YMMV with that method since alt-tab seems to be very wonky for a lot of people.  I did discover that if you wait long enough (and maybe hit some buttons and jiggle the mouse a lot :) ), the main menu screen will come up anyway.  But when I tried to start a game, none of the factions showed up in the interface, so I couldn't start a game.