I too turned all firewalls off and program still asked for game disc.
I will add this. The program installed and operated flawlessly on an older desktop I built. It will not and never has run on my new Dell Alienware machine. Both windows platforms are running the same OS, patched to the same level and had exactly the same
antivirus and firewall configurations.
Microsoft has a problem with their authentication platform and until that gets corrected we will continue to have a problem running what would otherwise be a "top-end" product. Before this is all over, Fight Simulator could end up being known as the Edsel
of the gaming industry.