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There is likely some software running at bootup causing this issue, as these are often security/anti-malware/antivirus programs, they may need to be disabled manually.
Perform a clean boot before starting the game can also help: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135 or http://help.ea.com/en/article/how-to-clean-boot-your-pc/
Thanks.
Just bought the game yesterday with christmas deals was looking forward to getting back into XWing/TIE fighter, been a long time and have now spent hours over last two days just trying to get it to start.
Finally found this and a few other posts pointing at WEBROOT, being issue, which of course I use never had any issues with it in the 6+ years I have used it.
An issue that apparently keeps popping up, please tell me there is a better fix then basically disabling your security????