I'm more or less at my wit's end -- I've been trying to figure this out for over a week and I'm finally giving in and coming here.
About a month ago, I re-loaded my entire computer, so I recently had to re-install a game called Tribes: Ascend. It worked before I reloaded my computer, let me stress that. However, now when I install it through steam (Or the Hi-Rez website itself, I have tried both many times) it will finish downloading, and installing, but the moment the launcher comes up, it says 'Failed to start Hi-Rez authentication and update service." (Alternatively, I get a similar error sometimes that says 'failed to attach to' instead of 'failed to start') Well, I figured I could fix this. I ran the program as an administrator. I even tried installing/running on the admin account itself. Still no go. I tried rebooting. Still no. I tried manually starting the service itself by going to services.msc
when I try this, I get "The Hi-rez studios authenticate and update Service service on Local Computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they have no work to do, for example, the performance logs and alerts service." It gives me this error whether the launcher is running or not. I have also tried setting the service to automatic, and setting it to start under the Administrator account. Neither have worked.
I have tried installing the game in different directories, thinking it may have something to do with that, but that hasn't worked either. I literally have no idea what else to do. I've tried clearing ALL of the event logs and that hasn't helped either.
Edit: I am running windows XP, service pack 3. My .Net framework, directx, and java are all up to date.
About a month ago, I re-loaded my entire computer, so I recently had to re-install a game called Tribes: Ascend. It worked before I reloaded my computer, let me stress that. However, now when I install it through steam (Or the Hi-Rez website itself, I have tried both many times) it will finish downloading, and installing, but the moment the launcher comes up, it says 'Failed to start Hi-Rez authentication and update service." (Alternatively, I get a similar error sometimes that says 'failed to attach to' instead of 'failed to start') Well, I figured I could fix this. I ran the program as an administrator. I even tried installing/running on the admin account itself. Still no go. I tried rebooting. Still no. I tried manually starting the service itself by going to services.msc
when I try this, I get "The Hi-rez studios authenticate and update Service service on Local Computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they have no work to do, for example, the performance logs and alerts service." It gives me this error whether the launcher is running or not. I have also tried setting the service to automatic, and setting it to start under the Administrator account. Neither have worked.
I have tried installing the game in different directories, thinking it may have something to do with that, but that hasn't worked either. I literally have no idea what else to do. I've tried clearing ALL of the event logs and that hasn't helped either.
Edit: I am running windows XP, service pack 3. My .Net framework, directx, and java are all up to date.