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Well since i couldnt get WoD working, i thought i'd try to uninstall UO, clear it then reinstall. When it finished it wouldnt let me patch, it tried to connect to the patch site but it couldn't, i also can not connect to the file download site for my virus scan updates. I run windows 2000, it has worked before, and i do not know what is wrong. And if i dont patch it, when i load UO it comes up with a brownish/greyish screen with nothing but the UO glove pointer thingy. Any suggestions?

how do you get on the internet? cable modem, dial up, etc... sounds like a proxy issue to me

i am on a cable connection, and something like this has never happened to me before.

did you patch windows, i think win2k is up to sp5 now, that may help a bunch, make sure DX is installed, your drivers are up to date and did you format with ntfs?

In regards to getting UO patched, is it possible you have a firewall blocking access to the patch server? You might try temporarily disabling any firewall software you might have running and seeing if it will patch then.

Or possibly there is a dead hunk of internet between you and the patch server and just trying again later will work.

What version UO?

ok now my UO problem is turning into a computer problem, i cant even update me Windows 2000, when i go to Windows Update, it gives me a message that its for Administrators only, and i am on the Administrator account.....whats up with that? Could it be a virus or something? anyone got any suggestions?

if you have the install cd i would install win2k again, then get all the driver updates you can.... then run windows update.... then if that works try to run UO again

ok i got the update working, but UO still doesnt work...this is agravating me

Draco wrote:ok i got the update working, but UO still doesnt work...this is agravating me

It is difficult to help when you simply say "UO still doesn't work".

You say you got windows update working. That is good. One problem fixed with your system.

What steps did you follow to install UO and apply the WoD file release?

Check directory permissions on your c: drive, especially the uo directory. The fact your administrator account was having problems indicates user priv errors, etc.

Check your firewall.
Trying pinging the WoD server.
There are a lot of diagnostic type things you can do to hopefully point out the cause of your problems.

Thats the problem, i cant play ANY shard, UOpatch still doesnt work, and without it, uo doesnt work. I tried turning off my firewall but i still cant connect to UOpatch or update my virus moniter

It's pretty obvious that you can see the internet though. It still sounds like UO just isn't installed properly. Honestly, I've managed to install UO LBR and AOS on systems ranging from Windows 95 (really, it used to work fine), NT, ME, 98, 2000, and XP with no problems at all. Once UO was installed, I just got connected to the Net, and we were in business. I wish I could be more help, and I'm beginning to think there's something weird about my systems. They just don't have any trouble with UO--oh except for the time I installed UO and POL on the fileserver at the office and brought our network to its knees, but that's more of a disciplinary matter than a technical one.

ok i got UO patch working, i didnt completly uninstall my firewall, but it patched, but it still comes up with the redish/greyish/brownish screen with the hand cursor, whats wrong with it?

Draco wrote:ok i got UO patch working, i didnt completly uninstall my firewall, but it patched, but it still comes up with the redish/greyish/brownish screen with the hand cursor, whats wrong with it?

-we know you have windows 2000
-UO version unknown
-WoD file installation steps unknown

uhhh, right offhand I'd say it is broke.

i dont know how i did it, but i got it working. YAY, thanks all for your help! lol