EQ2 Patching in Background

[Mjcowley]

I've recently decided to reinstall EQ2 and am required to go through about 24 hours of patching.Anyway, I've come to work today and connected my laptop via my wireless internet connector and have found the usage is draining heavily. Firewall shows the following;<i>Connection: patch.everquest2.com: 7011.</i>However I have not opened EQ2 and cannot see it or the launchpad running in the background. Even after a reset this occurs. Apart from blocking the server, is there an option to turn off this background patching?Thanks <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[ganjookie]

With the launcherpad thingy you probaly want to turn off the optional downloading under PREFRENCES

[Mjcowley]

<cite>Kithap@Permafrost wrote:</cite><blockquote>With the launcherpad thingy you probaly want to turn off the optional downloading under PREFRENCES</blockquote>No luck with that. I've got all optional downloads unticked and made sure I've selected Download Immediately rather than Download while I play (I have alternated between the two as well)There doesn't appear to be any evidence of a Sony or EQ2 process running which is very odd <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/136dd33cba83140c7ce38db096d05aed.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[TSR-TrevorG]

How many people are connected to your wireless system? Could be a neighbor hijacking your signal.  Potential guildmember maybe <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Mjcowley]

<cite>TSR-TrevorG wrote:</cite><blockquote>How many people are connected to your wireless system? Could be a neighbor hijacking your signal.  Potential guildmember maybe <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></blockquote><img src="/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /> Oh no!Actually i'm running from a laptop with a wireless 3G card so I beleive it is pretty safe <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />Unfortunately I solved the matter by uninstalling from laptop and installing EQ2 on home desktop. It doesn't appear to be doing it from there. I couldn't risk using up the usage on the 3G card....pricey $$$.Thanks for everyone's assistance.

[Wingrider01]

<cite>Mjcowley wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>TSR-TrevorG wrote:</cite><blockquote>How many people are connected to your wireless system? Could be a neighbor hijacking your signal.  Potential guildmember maybe <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></blockquote><img src="/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /> Oh no!Actually i'm running from a laptop with a wireless 3G card so I beleive it is pretty safe <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />Unfortunately I solved the matter by uninstalling from laptop and installing EQ2 on home desktop. It doesn't appear to be doing it from there. I couldn't risk using up the usage on the 3G card....pricey $$$.Thanks for everyone's assistance.</blockquote>suspect you told it to download in the background on the preferences screen. This kicks off a series of BITS jobs that will continue to download the files when evert eh machine is connected to the internet. On the current patcher it is in the preferences screen, on the beta patcher it is in the options screen. Note removing the check mark will not clear the BITS download queue, what is there will contine to download until it is cleared. There is a command line utility that is built into vista to clear the queue, for XP you have to download it from MS