Problems starting EQ since patch? Read this

[greatdane]

Also try disabling your antivirus. That caused the problem for some of us, and some antivirus programs are nearly impossible to turn off manually. Your best bet is to try the following:

- Start menu -> run (just that bottom text bar for Vista/7)

- type 'msconfig', hit enter

- Navigate to the 'Start' tab

- Find your antivirus program on the list and uncheck it

- Reboot your computer and see if Everquest will run now.

If that fixes the problem, you should try to figure out how to add dsetup.dll (or all of Everquest) as an exception in your antivirus program, because you really don't want antivirus to be disabled when you actually use the computer. Re-check the antivirus in msconfig->start, reboot again, and dig around in the settings. There should be an option somewhere to add files/applications to a list of things that get ignored by the blanket protection. Add either dsetup.dll or all of Everquest and it should work if done correctly.