Since I am unable to get developer attention in technical assistance forum and since I am not the only one experiencing this problem, I do believe this is a bug worth looking into.

Basically LFS requires me to unlock it every time after I have used hibernate or sleep on 64bit Vista SP1. I know it's somewhat of a known problem and FAQ tells you to restart but in my opition, this is really not a solution and quickly gets very annoying.

More info:
- Vista 64bit SP1, Intel Dual-core T7200, ATI Mobile X1600
- I have tried reinstalling
- I have tried removing the "Read-Only"
- I have tried restarting, locking it myself and unlocking again
- The game is installed on separate partition from Windows

Please see this topic for discussion so far.

cross-posting is bad. i don't really think this is a bug either, normally this is an installation/permissions problem on the pc itself.

I know but I explained the reason for doing so. If disturbing, moderators may delete this topic and move the one from technical assistance here instead.

try this:

run it as administrator and unlock it
then run it normally


PS: I remember this problem was already posted time ago, and IIRC it was solved

Thanks past me, you solved my issue


I unlocked LFS yesterday, but today it says I'm demo (Windows 7 54 bits).


So following all the advices that I've found, this is how I got it working:

- Restart computer
- Run LFS as administrator and unlock
- Close inmediatly after unlocking
- Restart again

- Profit!

I know probably half of those steps are not necessary, but they worked, so don't want to mess it up