Sticky Me: The EA Downloader crash on install and start fix
Ok, after about 12 hours of work, to include formatting and reinstalling windows, here is the fix that worked for me, and due to the general nature of the fix it should work for most anyone else having the same problem.
Problem: EA Downloader crashes on start up (either immediately after installing, or anytime there after when you try to run it) and you are running Internet Explorer 6...my specific error is pictured below (this picture is from another member of this forum, so I know I'm not the only one with this problem)
FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO IS PRINT THESE STEPS OR COPY THEM DOWN, ONCE YOU GET HALFWAY THROUGH IF YOU MESS UP OR FORGET SOMETHING YOU WILL NOT HAVE INTERNET ACCESS TO COME BACK TO THIS PAGE
The Fix:
*Have EA Downloader installed, but not running before running these steps:
1) Click Start
2) Click Run
3) Type msconfig and hit Enter
4) Click the "General" Tab
5) Choose "Diagnostic Startup"
6) Click the "Services" Tab
7) Click and Checkmark "DHCP Client"
8) Click and Checkmark "TCP/IP Netbios Helper"
9) Click and Checkmark "Network Connections"
10) Click "OK" at the bottom of the window
11) Click "Restart" on the window that pops up
*Windows will restart, then:
12) Run EA Downloader (should already be installed)
13) Login
14) Download Euro Forces
15) Install Euro Forces
16) Log Off and exit EA Downloader
17) Click Start
18) Click Run
19) Type msconfig and hit Enter
20) Click the "General" Tab
21) Choose "Normal Startup"
22) Click "OK" at the bottom of the window
23) Click "Restart" on the window that pops up
*Windows will restart, then:
24) Run BF2 and play some Euro Forces baby, yeah...
25) ||BFA|| rules :)
Basically what this does is shuts off pretty much EVERYTHING that loads or starts when windows starts except the bare essential stuff needed for windows to run...then you enable your internet services so you can download...then obviously install...then the last thing is to turn everything back on again...this should work for pretty much everyone having the problems mentioned above...good luck guys/gals...
Problem: EA Downloader crashes on start up (either immediately after installing, or anytime there after when you try to run it) and you are running Internet Explorer 6...my specific error is pictured below (this picture is from another member of this forum, so I know I'm not the only one with this problem)
FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO IS PRINT THESE STEPS OR COPY THEM DOWN, ONCE YOU GET HALFWAY THROUGH IF YOU MESS UP OR FORGET SOMETHING YOU WILL NOT HAVE INTERNET ACCESS TO COME BACK TO THIS PAGE
The Fix:
*Have EA Downloader installed, but not running before running these steps:
1) Click Start
2) Click Run
3) Type msconfig and hit Enter
4) Click the "General" Tab
5) Choose "Diagnostic Startup"
6) Click the "Services" Tab
7) Click and Checkmark "DHCP Client"
8) Click and Checkmark "TCP/IP Netbios Helper"
9) Click and Checkmark "Network Connections"
10) Click "OK" at the bottom of the window
11) Click "Restart" on the window that pops up
*Windows will restart, then:
12) Run EA Downloader (should already be installed)
13) Login
14) Download Euro Forces
15) Install Euro Forces
16) Log Off and exit EA Downloader
17) Click Start
18) Click Run
19) Type msconfig and hit Enter
20) Click the "General" Tab
21) Choose "Normal Startup"
22) Click "OK" at the bottom of the window
23) Click "Restart" on the window that pops up
*Windows will restart, then:
24) Run BF2 and play some Euro Forces baby, yeah...
25) ||BFA|| rules :)
Basically what this does is shuts off pretty much EVERYTHING that loads or starts when windows starts except the bare essential stuff needed for windows to run...then you enable your internet services so you can download...then obviously install...then the last thing is to turn everything back on again...this should work for pretty much everyone having the problems mentioned above...good luck guys/gals...
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