I need help. Don't post if your gonna be a douche!

[CountZer0]

I know I shouldn't ask this here but I really need a hint (and my account on the old emu-forum which I found some days before hardline dreams, is waiting for activation for over one week so... requested several times... now, whatever) :

If I try to start reality on my girlfriends pc, it only works with active internet connection, which confuses me in case of a local server... (error-message is "Can't connect to margin-server", ingame).

The real problem: On my pc (no internet connection at the moment because of moving, the reason while I'm not here every day ) the console just states "Can't bind to socket" when starting the margin server.

Tried different things (setting up pseudo-network with a router, deactivating firewall, check ethernet-settings and so on...), nothing works.

The OS is Win Vista (x86/32 Bit). Followed the "idiots guide" exactly (as I have done on the other pc (Win XP x86), where it works fine while connected to the web).

Any hints or tipps from a former user of reality?

Again, this is not the place for it, I understand that, but there's no other place...
Just want to play a bit around with this version and using it for screenshots, until you (or we) get this project here finally working one day

Any help would be appreciated

Greetings,
Count