Patching is creeping slow...

[Strikes]

<p>I've been trying to search the forums for a post with my problem and it doesn't look like I can find a solution. I'm trying to come back to EQ2 so I downloaded the Trial from Fileplanet and figured I'd patch the rest..... well; I downloaded the 3.5 gig trial in about 50 minutes but now I'm patching at a rate of 84.7 Kbps AKA 12 hours to complete the patch. This is silly.</p><p>My line can take up to 1,100 Kbps - I know this because I just opened up my newsgroup reader and started downloading something @ that speed. Also, the google desktop gadget is telling me what I'm downloading at. Why, OH WHY, is the patch not using my whole line of bandwith? This is really... really... annoying.</p><p>Sony honestly needs some external links to download patches with.</p>

[TSR-GlennM]

I can understand that you are facing the issue while downloading the complete updates for the game.  However whenever you download the game from scratch, it uaually takes some time.  This time required may depend on certain factors, like the connection speed (as you have specified in the post above), mode of connection (cable, wireless etc), the firewall and antivirus programs installed on your system. I can provide you a few suggestions that should enhance the downloading speed:-               1.  Make sure that your system clock is reporting the correct time/date/year. Any inaccuracies here will be reflected in the checksum files and mislead the patcher into redownloading them over and over, (this is also known to be a cause of keymappings resetting).         2. Please make sure that you have no viruses or spyware. Both AdAware and Spybot are excellent programs. For free anti-virus, you can use the following <a href="http://housecall.trendmicro.com/           " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://housecall.trendmicro.com/&nb...sp;  </a> 3. After you complete a "regular" scan, please immediately run a complete file scan. Sometimes this will catch a few files that the regular scan somehow missed.          4.  Make sure that the game directory is not set to READ ONLY.  Also make sure that the files within the directory are not set to READ ONLY.           5. Try disabling the firewall, and antivirus software if they are installed. Make sure you are not running any programs on your windows taskbar. If the problem persist you should try running your system under a clean boot as this will prevent any hidden programs from loading.   To disable background programs:   1. Select the START button. 2. Select RUN. 3. Type in "msconfig" [without the "] 4. Press OK 5. Select the STARTUP tab. 6. In the list, uncheck all boxes EXCEPT for SCANREGISTRY and SYSTEM TRAY. If you use WindowsXP, please note that SCANREGISTRY and SYSTEM TRAY will not be listed - just uncheck the entire list. 7. Hit apply and then OK. Restart the computer and try the game again.