Since the shutdown of all the Gamespy servers, it's no longer possible to play the multiplayer mode without some help.
You can find it by pressing Start and typing 'Turn Windows features on or off' Check if your Legacy Components are active.Copy the DirectDraw wrapper into your installation folder.Install 1.3 Unofficial Patch it adds compatibility fixes for modern versions of Windows as well as widescreen support.Install Armada from your CD with the install.exe as administrator.That is why your only option is to buy the game on ebay. After a series of lawsuits, started in 2003, between Activision and Viacom, Paramount Pictures' parent company, Activison dropped the license to produce games based on the Star Trek universe.
