Originally posted by xlorepdarkhelm
I found that for me, this from the newbie FAQ solved the problem:

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8. Win XP users (and maybe other users aswell):

If you have trouble with logging in, go to the properties of \"psclient.exe\". Under compatibillity, change the compatibillity from Win95 into Win98/ME.

After you do that you should have less or no trouble logging in.

solved the linkdead problem on the 2 systems I set the game up on.