Need For Speed: Undercover 2018

@turbouu

Try right clicking on the DXSETUP file from your game install location and then run that as an Administrator.

Let us know if this works for you, thanks.

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@EA_Barry wrote:

@turbouu

Try right clicking on the DXSETUP file from your game install location and then run that as an Administrator.

Let us know if this works for you, thanks.

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I tried this and it did not work.

@turbouu

Please confirm if your issue was resolved via support case #43825039

Thanks.

It was not solved, and i don't know what ccleaner has to do with my computer i bought 3 weeks ago.

@turbouu

Did you try disabling Origin in-game: https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/origin/origin/how-to-use-origin-in-game

Did you also try running Origin as an Administrator (via right click, run as an admin.) from a Windows User Account with Administrative privileges:

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-change-user-account-type-windows-10

Hey guys,

Last week I was feeling rather nostalgic and bought NFS Undercover on Origin. My nostalgic buzz was rudely interrupted by an online authentication error. This happens after the game has been installed and begins to boot, it comes up with a Authentication window and then it says server failed, try again later.

I have contacted EA, and no response.

Is this a serial key issue?

sorry, to bother for an old game here, but it was on the recommandation of someone of the EA games help facebookpage.

since a few days i can't start Need For Speed: Undercover anymore.

it tells me the connection to the licence server fails.

it's the only game with this failure in my game collection.

running it on windows 10 pro x64 (worked till about 4 weeks back).

it's boutgh and installed through Origin.

uninstalling and reinstalling is not helping

all ports needed seem open.

DNS is flushed.

firewall turned off isn't helping either.

with all games i mean: the sims 4, balls of steel, crysis 3, Agatha Christie - And Then There Were None, Age of Empires III Complete Collection, DOOM, Dungeon Keeper, Evil Under the Sun, C&C Generals, Grand Theft Auto V, Murder on the Orient Express, Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands, RESIDENT EVIL 7 biohazard  BIOHAZARD 7 resident evil, Secret of Mana, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection, StarCraft (II), The Saboteur.

i don't see anything wrong on my side anymore, but if there is, please tell.

Hello,

After chatting to many Advisors and trying all they suggested, the last Advisor said it could be that the game is not compatible with Windows 10 and if I were to install it on Windows XP service pack3, it should be able to play.
So I went on and searched for my Windows XP Copy, installed it on a different computer, installed Origin, Need For Speed Undercover yet still, the error came "There seems to be a problem contacting the license server..." This Windows XP was also updated and activated.

I did the troubleshooting steps I was doing on Windows 10 on this Windows XP, the problem still exists. The same issue is happening with Need For Speed SHIFT.

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@dalitsom wrote: Windows XP service pack3,

 

I have a multi-boot system (XP Pro (SP3), XP Pro X64, Win 7 Pro 64 bit, Win 10 Pro 64 bit). I run all of my older games on XP Pro. I have the original EA DVD version of Undercover with patch 1.0.1.18 (this adds the challenge series, which is not available with the Origin version), and it is running OK, including online (at least I can see the leaderboard stats). I also have original EA DVD Shift 2 Unleashed Limited Edition, although I have to use an old save to access the Limited Edition content, since the Origin server no longer sends out "unlock" messages for games that use an unlock system. Both Undercover and Shift 2 only use the DVD for the initial install. I also have DVD versions of older NFS games like Shift 1, and those require the DVD (or CD) to play.