CoX will not load after updater

nothings working when I deleted the checksum files it actually deleted my test, EU and NA updaters lol, and now when I try to download the client from the website I get the error message again.

At this point, I'd probably rip it out and reinstall.

Yeah. I know. A 3GB DL is no fun.

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Wont let me re-install either just the same error message, I erased anything to do with CoX from my PC at this point, and now nothing I do will allow me to re-install, I've checked if its a problem with my PC, but absolutly NOTHING else seems to cause any problems?

I uninstalled it completely, and now everytime I try to instal it it just comes up with the same error message </3
I really have no clue where the problem is, I tried hijackthis but when I did it on CoX the error message came up lol...

Are you familiar with the term "canary in a coal mine"?

Miners used to use canaries in cages as indicators for buildup of gasses that are toxic/explosive.

Because the canary has a lower body mass and a higher metabolic rate than a human, levels that are lethal to use kill them first.

If the canary's alive and singing, you're good. If Tweety keels over dead, GET THE *BLEEP!* OUT!

Simply because nothing else on your system is causing (or seeming to cause) a problem doesn't mean something's not wrong with your system. And it may just be that CoH is stressing the things that are being problematic.

If CoH is crashing reliably, refusing to run, etc. Sure, that could just be CoH's fault.

If it's flat out REFUSING TO INSTALL, something else is going on with your system.

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Jas, we're not asking you to tell us HijackThis works. We're asking you for your HijackThis log. To be posted here, in the forum, in this thread.

Until we can get that, and maybe the output of CoH Helper, we can't do more than make guesses as to what your problem is.

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Okay just downloaded both and my PC won't let me open them, looks like its a PC problem as absolutly no shortcut or download is being opened, limewire, cox, itunes, nadda.

Where do I go from here? I really appreciate the help btw.

Okay, you're probably looking at an OS reload at this point.
You COULD try to simply delouse the PC. But that takes an inordinate amount of time and there's always the possibilities that:

1. You'll miss something and wind up at this point again in a couple days/weeks/months.
2. The OS install may be too badly damaged by this point to be fixable.

With an OS reload, you take a couple hours to reinstall, update, etc and you're back on.

Does this suck? Not to put TOO fine a point on it? HELL YEAH.
HOWEVER, I've found that it's infinitely preferable to hours and hours spent rooting around in the system only to find out you have to reinstall anyhow.
My time is worth a lot to me. So I prefer not to waste it.

One thing you might want to try, if you can still burn ISO files to CD.

Take some time and run a Memtest disk. Just to make sure you don't have any "marginal" memory modules in the system.

Download the ISO from the page above and burn it to CD.

Boot from that CD and let it run for a while (preferably during a time it is convenient to just walk away from the computer). It should catch any issues with bad memory or unstable memory controllers.

Also, before you wipe the system, back up anything you want to keep off the system and set it aside.

DO NOT RELOAD THAT STUFF OR EVEN RECONNECT THE BACKUP DRIVE UNTIL AFTER YOU HAVE INSTALLED AND UPDATED AN ANTIVIRUS PACKAGE!!!

Sorry to go all psychotic with the huge, colored text. But I've had people pull stuff from old systems in the past and reload it even BEFORE loading antivirus packages and reinfect a brand new install. ∞

Ideally, you should load all programs from CD/DVD or fresh downloads off the internet (including AV) after the reinstall.

Hopefully, with a fresh install, you'll wind up with a more stable system that'll actually, y'know, work right.

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One other thing. More in the nature of friendly advice Forget about reloading Limewire. Calling it a potential trojan and a portal for system infection through downloads is being kind...

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Thank you very much for your help hyper <3

Understatement of the century. That and IIRC the company behind it is currently getting it's rear end sued off by one of the copyright groups. So it's days are probably numbered anyhow.