launcher updater problems

i keep getting this problem when trying to update my launcher,

after clicking retry about 10 times i hit skip and this pop up

is there anyway to fix this? im using windows XP SP3

I had the same issue, also in XP SP3. I got it to launch by double clicking the program file itself instead of the desktop shortcut I'd made earlier. So I deleted the shortcut and made a new one. I don't know if that helps at all.

See what happens if you disable your firewall for a moment. It could be blocking the connection. Some firewalls detect changes (like patches) that may trigger a red flag.

i have the firewall off and i tried Pengy advice also but still says the same thing

One of these days I'm gonna add these links, but look for the CoH Helper and HiJackThis apps listed in the forums and follow what they say to post. That should give the more technical drive minds something useful to chew on. When people do that, that also seems to have some sort of mystical attraction that pulls them (tech-heads) into these threads as well. :-p

Do you have the dotnet framework 2 installed as the launcher requires this?

microsoft .NET framework 2.0 not working and i cant uninstall it or used the newest one. thx for ur help tho guys