Buying the game? Buying Crossfire? Or do you mean buying freelancer? I also have this problem.But I changed all of the freelancer related file to NOT be read only buit the same thing comes up. I think I've been trying to work this out for 4 months now, Please don't make it 5.
I think we will never anyway, I'm sorry to try and give no hope but I have the game.... On a disk which I bought from a shop, and I still can't play it. I'm now on the stage of just keep trying. It worked the the first time.