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7 years ago
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Re: Certificate Authentication Failed

@proxos666no idea if the certs are updated, never had an certificate error before. tried the rootsupd.exe but no change so far. no win updates outstanding besides language packs.

@Tonfui've played before with that very same rig and the same OS in early 2016. I didn't have Swtor installed atm so i  grabbed the launcher from the website and installed it but couldn't download anything because of the error.

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    proxos666
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    7 years ago

    @Cricetomys

    Can you confirm what the last installed windows update was ? it should be KB4284826 as seen at this link

    What antivirus are you using , as the launcher is built on the chromium framework anything that affects a web browser can affect the launcher.

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    @proxos666

    i can confirm the monthly roll up KB4284826 is the last one installed.

    using Avira antivir, the same as i used when i last played. even tried with av and firewall shut down with no results

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    7 years ago

    @Cricetomys

    Just to be 100% sure is the bios date time correct too ?

    It has been a while since i have had to look at certificate errors so will need to dig further

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    7 years ago
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    @proxos666

    checked bios date/time. it's correct

    never really had to do with certificates at all. is it possible to check if the needed cert is in place or could it be added manually?

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    @proxos666

    checked it .  KB3033929 was installed in 2015

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    7 years ago

    @Cricetomys

    Here is a good link with steps to look at the certs installed

    1. Go to Start > Run.
    2. Execute the following command: “certmgr.msc”.
    3. Check if the following certificates exist in the local computer:
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    7 years ago
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    @proxos666

    I think you might've forgotten to paste the info about which certs

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    7 years ago

    @Cricetomys

    Check the ones listed in the link itself some related are also listed below

    Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA

    Symantec Time Stamping Services CA - G2
    Symantec Time Stamping Services Signer - G4

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    7 years ago
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    @proxos666

     

    looks like

    Symantec Class 3 Secure Server CA - G4

    Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA

    are the only symantec certs installed.

    from the linked list

    Symantec SHA256 TimeStamping CA

    Symantec Time Stamping Services CA - G2

    are missing as well as 2 of the ones you listed

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    7 years ago

    I figured to look at what I have installed , symantic and thawte 

    Root 

    Intermediate

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    7 years ago
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    @proxos666

    Intermediate

    Root

    guess that could be the problem. is there a way to manually add the missing certs?

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    7 years ago

    @Cricetomys

    I need to go as its near 11pm here , I am trying to get one of the CS to check the certs they have installed for comparison , will not be able to respond until tomorrow unfortunately

    Windows 7 should auto update certs so it is strange

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    7 years ago
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    @proxos666

    no big deal, a day more won't matter. thanks for your help so far

    it's kinda weird. looks like the cs doesn't have the symantec certs either so they can't be the problem.

    in any case i'll see if there's a way to force an cert update.

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    7 years ago

    @Cricetomys

    I am not even sure the issue is a missing certificate, if you are up for it, repair install per this link  refreshes everything and retains user data and programs

    All that should be needed is to re-install the windows updates again

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    7 years ago
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    @proxos666

    i've done a repair install not too long ago (february) . could windows have any logs as to what's going wrong when it tries to authenticate?

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