dsetup.dll connection issue

[donniesmithers]

Greetings, all. I'm sure there are many posts from folks having the same issue I'm having, but I have been unsuccessful so far in finding a fix.

I've managed to install Titanium (several times from the same ISO files, I might add) successfully, and I even connected to the character creation screen successfully a couple of times earlier this morning to be greeted with the message 'your spells are out of date. please visit the project 1999 site for updates', or something to that effect.

I have attempted multiple times to extract the V33 patch updates (most recent to my knowledge) into my EQ folder, but each time I do this, the dsetup.dll file disappears immediately after being moved in. I turned off Comodo and Malwarebytes, and added exceptions for both the Everquest folder, and the folder which contains the titanium ISO files. Despite all this, now I cannot even run the Launch Titanium.bat file without getting the dsetup.dll error message.

I should also note that I have followed the connection guide as precisely as I could. Any fix would be greatly appreciated, as I'm looking to get into Norrath asap!