Error 1017: Cannot login to the Everquest server.

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"Error 1017: Cannot login to the Everquest server. You may need to re-run the Update Patch. Repeatedly seeing this message indicates a loss of connectivity to the Patch Server. This is usually temporary."


Anyone know how to fix this? I'm on a new PC, fresh EQ install. I've successfully done the install a half dozen or more times in the past and haven't had this issue before. I checked a ton of threads and they mentioned CPU speed and the need to underclock.

I was able to log in if I go into my BIOS and underclock to beneath 3.8 GHz or so, but having to restart my computer every time I want to play EverQuest and then reset it when I'm gonna do something else sounds horrible. I've tried underclocking with various software methods like "Ryzen Master", "Blazing OC Tuner", but nothing except going into BIOS has worked so far. I've tried setting eqgame.exe to run as admin, tried setting compatibility to various values including sp2, sp3, win98, still nothing.

Nothing except changing my clock speed in BIOS has worked. I read in a thread it might be possible to create an underclocked virtual machine or maybe install EQ onto a flash drive or something, but I haven't tried those yet.. I'm really really hoping there's maybe a setting somewhere I can change to fix & forget this.

Ryzen 9 7900x 12-core 4.70 GHz processor, ASRock X670E Steel Legend motherboard, G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series 32GB DDR5 6000 ram.

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Thanks