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Someone please help I have been trying to activate this game for my stepdaughter for 4 days now and just keep getting Unable to contact ea servers to activate the game....
I have tried multiple solutions posted with no joy, turned off firewall AV and allowed through IE setting etc with no joy.... I have also contacted support on 3 occasions just to get told to re-install the software or it must be my Router!!!
this appears to be a massive issue with this game as loads are posting the same thing for over a yr now... EA sort it out now...
A very very unhappy stepdaughter would appreciate it and I will stop having a headache un oh why why doesn't it work in my ear!!!!!
@Abbiesipson1 Could you please try the steps below:
- Manually uninstall Origin
- Run CCleaner
- Restart your router/modem and do a Clean Boot
- Make sure that your UAC is enabled and set to notify
- Download the latest version of Origin and install the client - make sure to run the setup file with Admin rights
- Add firewall/antivirus exceptions for Origin and open the needed ports
- Add firewall/antivirus exception for ActivationUI.exe (default location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 4\Game\Bin\Core)
- When starting Origin, please make sure to run it as Administrator
- Try to run the game
Let us know how you get on!
- ApprovedAnonymous10 years ago
Hi I Sorry for delay have been working shifts..... I have now tried all this with still no joy... I have even disabled my firewall and antivirus but still get the error.... I will say if I try in offline mode I get the screen saying validating before it fails where as if im online through origin I only get the failed message straight away no validating....
Please help this is now really upsetting my stepdaughter, I don't understand why we need Origin to play this game un why we can't just run it from the disc.....
Cheers
- ApprovedAnonymous10 years ago
I now seem to have managed to launch the game in offline mode not sure why but it worked this time.... will try online mode but for now will just let her play it for a bit phew!!!!
- ApprovedAnonymous10 years ago
Sorry for impeding on this post, but I'm having a very similar issue. I'm unable to connect to the servers as well, but instead of having Sims 4 I have Sims 3. Would these same step by step instructions help me as well? Please direct me if you may to a forum that can give me more in-depth knowledge. I'd appreciate it.