Computer Problems, Can somebody save my day?

[Dio Guerra]

I understand this is a technical problem which should be placed in such, but I'm hoping as many people read UHALL that somebody will be able to fix this problem quickly for me.

I patch fine to UO but when I attempt to log in (using just the UO client) I immediately get the, There is a problem communicating with Origin, message.

If I attempt to login with UOassist it freezes at, verifying account.

I don't know what the problem could be considering I was playing UO yesterday. I was hoping to have one of those all day UO sessions, and my computer has completely ruined it for me. I went as far as uninstalling McAfee to see if it had an effect with the firewall, which it didn't. I turned off my Windows firewall as well, which had no effect. I've attempted to open Ports for UO but I've been somewhat confused with that attempt. If I manually open a port I noticed on the UO website it list numbers, example: 5550-5600. Does this mean I have to list each number per port?

I've been looking on the internet for about 2 hours now with no avail. I'm trying to salvage some UO playing time. Please help

 

[canary]

I understand this is a technical problem which should be placed in such, but I'm hoping as many people read UHALL that somebody will be able to fix this problem quickly for me.

Right there should tell you that posting here is the wrong place.

There are indeed players who frequent the technical forum that can help you. I always am floored that people will begin with 'I know this doesn't belong here...' and post anyhow.

 

[BIGJON]

I am floored by the people here who don't have a nice thing to say.

 

[BIGJON]

What is your current uo version, and what operating system are you using.

 

[Dio Guerra]

Version: 7.0.12.1 (Patch 80)
Windows Vista

Thank you Jon for even looking to see if anything can be done.

 

[BIGJON]

okay the current version is 7.0.13.0 (patch 41) for the 2d client. Are you using 2d or otherwise referred to as the classic client?

 

[BIGJON]

right click your uo icon on your desktop, select run as admin. the last 2 patches for me won't patch all the way if you open it in uo-assisst.

 

[Dio Guerra]

I'm using the 2d client, I clicked run as administrator and nothing happened. I think you just gave me some insight into how this happened. I had a virus on my computer and to remove it I had to use my back-up about a week ago. So I guess the question now is how do I get it to patch.

 

[BIGJON]

hmm out of my league now, my guess would be un-install and do over but there may be another way.

 

[Dio Guerra]

Well thank you for atleast helping me make some progress

 

[BIGJON]

heh i'm a 48 year old truck driver with just enough computer skill to be dangerous.

 

[BIGJON]

your welcome.

 

[Nimuaq]

(...) I had a virus on my computer and to remove it I had to use my back-up about a week ago. So I guess the question now is how do I get it to patch.

There is a thread here with the exact same problem: login issue caused by using system restore:
http://vboards.stratics.com/uo-tech/235602-there-some-problem-communicating-origin.html

 

[Dio Guerra]

I took BIGJON and the previous posters advice and I'm re-downloading UO- hopefully that solves the problem.

 

[BIGJON]

*crosses fingers*

 

[Taylor]

Just wanted to pop in and thank BIGJON for helping out.

 

[Nimuaq]

The current version of the classic client on this page is 7.0.10.3. A total of 8 patches are released since that version, requiring a total of 638 MBs to download .

 

[TheMac]

That stinks but I hope it fixes it for you!

 

[Dio Guerra]

The day has lost but due to the help of BIGJON, the night is still available. Thanks for all the help everybody.

 

[Bill Gates OSD]

So, do you have it fixed now Dio? I was going to suggest checking your firewall settings because it sounds like your firewall is blocking UO and UO Assist reaching the internet since the program changed.

 

[Dio Guerra]

Nah man its fixed

 

[LadyNico]

I do love a happy ending!

@ BigJon: For being the bigger & better man,