alternative to netbalancer? doesnt work in 8.1 for me

[tommo123]

won't detect any network activity

 

[sbpromania]

Hello tommo123,
What version of netbalancer are you using?
Have you installed the latest version of netbalancer?
According to their website, they have launched the version 7.0.8 which is compatible with Windows 8.1

https://netbalancer.com/news/article/26-updated-app-708

 

[tommo123]

i used the latest one (redownloaded after seeing it wasn;t working properly).

yours is from 2013

cleared it from my system and tried again and same. fails during install regarding the service apparently. the app then runs but can't read network data

 

[tommo123]

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Error
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Exit code at stage 1: -2147024891

Current full path - C:\Program Files\NetBalancer\drv\nbdrv.inf

Trying to install 'nt_nbdrv'...

...C:\Program Files\NetBalancer\drv\nbdrv.inf was copied to C:\WINDOWS\INF\oem1.inf

..failed. Error code: 0x80070005


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OK
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basically

 

[sm625]

You could try completely disabling User Account Control until it is installed.

Also, try enabling the Built-in administrator account:

1) Click the Windows Start button and type in CMD.

2) Right-click on CMD and click on Run as administrator.

3) Command prompt will open up then type in

net user administrator /active:yes

Then log in to that account and try the install.

 

[sbpromania]

i used the latest one (redownloaded after seeing it wasn;t working properly).

yours is from 2013

cleared it from my system and tried again and same. fails during install regarding the service apparently. the app then runs but can't read network data

Hello tommo123,
I wanted to say that the version from the URL was the one that supports Windows 8.1 however I've messed up a little bit and ended up saying that.

Here is something to try:
* uninstall the software
* delete all created folders
* clear your registry using registry cleaning tool (I recommend CCleaner)
* try to install again but by using the Run as Administrator option

The error code from your crash report, 0x80070005 states that "ACCESS IS DENIED".
So try to install the application as Administrator.

Also did you tried to install on another partition to see if you receive the same results?

The error that you have posted is the one from the Event Viewer?

If not can you post the error that is displayed in Event Viewer?

 

[tommo123]

i ran as admin and was the same so went back to netlimiter in meantime

 

[sonitravel09]

I've used NetLimiter and it was pretty easy to use (I didn't use the built-in firewall though since I use Comodo), but I've never used NetBalancer. When running torrents I'd recommend using the program's bandwidth limiter (uTorrent's is good).