Ah, sorry, I have none of those programs and my time is current and I'm still not sure what's wrong. I messed around with allowing the origin and ea websites through internet filters for a while and that didn't work either. Uninstalling and then reinstalling origin a week ago didn't fix it either. Maybe I should cut my losses and buy a new copy. Thanks for your help!
That's never a solution (buying the game again)
Does it want to connect to verify something or when you try to play online ? Can you play not logged in ?
