Awesome, I did what JR (above) said and it is working great so far. I haven’t been online, But I’m playing through the game again –- So long ago that I forgot what was going on. Old age makes it a new game again.

Installed from my CD - (as admin in a different directory)
Applied 1.1 patch
no-cd freelancer.exe
Lagacy - direct- X enabled (also checked to see .net 3.5 is enable)

Seems smooth on my Lenovo ideapad 100 laptop.

Just thought I’d share and thanks to this site for the help.