Thanks, I'll have a look next time I Boot the machine with EA things on it, but here is the details that I think you mean:
"Since then i formatted my machine and was able to re-install without issues but to any1 with the same problem:
I've never managed to get the EA App to install, so it will be interesting if the necessary Files are there, and it is just the msi File that needs to be launched.
Only reservation I have is that I don't actually want the EA App, if it's a bag of broken things. I was happy with the Origin Login, mainly because it worked, not that I actually liked having to Login to Software that was bought without any Subscription.
I'm reluctant to see the EA App uninstall the Origin Login, only to find there is no going back.
well, I restarted my computer and whatever I did is still making origin work fine without the popup
so either I'm lucky or something I did is working in my favour
a quick recap on my situation
1. I have installed EA App through the origin prompt and ran it at least once before I later uninstalled it
2. I've reinstalled origin and restored (with origin and services not running) the program data, local and roaming app data folders for origin to their pre-popup states
3. Origin web helper service is not running despite it being automatic
4. Origin program folder has been manually restored to 10.5.118.52644 (along with everything that was there before EA App uninstalled it) with the thing downloaded from akamaihd plus my own backups
5. api1.origin.com is redirected to local host/blocked using the computer's hosts file
Windows 7 64-bit in Australia with origin 'set' to en_AU which is unsupported and thus defaults to en_US
Unsupported Locale: en_AU
Teach me your ways, please. I couldn't figure out how to download 10.5.118.52644 version of origin
