I will say beforehand that yes, i am having a similar problem that was covered in the board, but i didn't find topics relating to ALL my problems. To start, i have the application error that others have posted about, and the only solution i see to that is that i wouldnt have the right requirements, or to uninstall and re-install the game. Another thing is when i run the updater, it says something about the updater not being found, and it has to search for a backup, and when THAT'S done loading, the updater closes itself. when i try to open it again, it says "program has performed an illegal operation and must be closed" or something of that aspect. the only way i can run the updater again is to reboot. okay. when i reboot, the same thing happens. "found another updater, going to fetch it" and when it's done, it closes and i can't open it again without rebooting. the client does that too. i FINALLY got the updater to do a REAL update. and i breathed a sigh of relief. then when i went to start the client, i forgot that i didn't have an account. duh. so i made my account, had the email verification and all, when i went to start the client again, it said there was an error and could not run. okay. rebooted and neither the client or the updater would work (i thought i might have needed yet anothr update already). when i looked on the board, i saw that someone else had a similar problem, and the only way to fix THAT was with an uninstall and reinstall.

i may only have basic DSL which isn't that much faster than dialup, but i KNOW i have the right requirements to run the program. i saw on the site what i needed, and checked my computer to make sure i had it all and i do. i doubt it's because of my net connection because even though it's slow compared to other DSL and cable, it's still good. so when i have the specs to play other high quality MMOs such as Star Wars Galaxies, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars, and Final Fantasy XI, i'm pretty sure this one would be no problem. Yet if i have to constantly reboot or even completely uninstall and reinstall and have to go through all that every time something goes wrong or windows wants to be a 'tard, i'm not sure i want to play this game. i've heard good things about it, but with all this i'm not sure i want to play THAT bad to go through all of this. is there any possible way i can stop this runaround dilly-dallying with the program and actually get to PLAY for once? please help. and if possible, send all replies to my email. i'm very forgetful when it comes to checking forums and message boards. my email is ******@yahoo.com

i will greatly appreciate any tips or advice on how to work with this thing so i can finally see what others told me was so fun, because this auto-closing of programs and constant rebooting, and reinstalling is already getting rediculous. it's been two days and i've gone through this procress literally six times until i decided to post here. thanks.

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