My client won't launch the actual game. I played the game late last night and was not having an issue. I think however, my computer did several Windows 8.1 updates last night. Now, the game crashes as soon as I log in and press "play".

I reinstalled the client - same issue. I also cleaned my registry using a registry cleaner...no dice. What happened???



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MyDocument D:\Documents
FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn F:\FF14\SquareEnix
FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn Language 1 Region 2
ProxyEnable 0
ProxyServer unspecified
ProxyOverride unspecified


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SYSTEM_OS Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 64-bit (6.2, Build 9200) (9600.winblue_gdr.131006-1505)
SYSTEM_CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.3GHz
SYSTEM_CORE_NUM SYSTEM_CORE_LOGIC 4 SYSTEM_CORE_PHYSICS 4
SYSTEM_BIOS BIOS Date: 10/03/11 10:14:55 Ver: 04.06.04
SYSTEM_LANGUAGE English (Regional Setting: English)
SYSTEM_MEMORY 16366.629MB
SYSTEM_VIRTUAL_MEMORY 2047.875MB
SYSTEM_PAGE_FILE 18798.629MB
SYSTEM_STORAGE C:\ SYSTEM_HARDDISK_DRIVE SYSTEM_TOTALDISC_SPACE 119.143GB SYSTEM_FREEDISC_SPACE 75.445GB
SYSTEM_STORAGE D:\ SYSTEM_HARDDISK_DRIVE SYSTEM_TOTALDISC_SPACE 465.759GB SYSTEM_FREEDISC_SPACE 357.577GB
SYSTEM_STORAGE F:\ SYSTEM_HARDDISK_DRIVE SYSTEM_TOTALDISC_SPACE 111.788GB SYSTEM_FREEDISC_SPACE 102.475GB
SYSTEM_STORAGE H:\ SYSTEM_HARDDISK_DRIVE SYSTEM_TOTALDISC_SPACE 298.016GB SYSTEM_FREEDISC_SPACE 244.861GB
SYSTEM_DIRECTX_VERSION DirectX 11
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DEVICE \\.\DISPLAY1
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_CHIP GeForce GTX 560 Ti
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_MAKER NVIDIA
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_VRAM 971.434 MB
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_SHARED_VRAM 3071.887 MB
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DAC Integrated RAMDAC
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DISPLAY_MODE 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_VERSION 9.18.0013.3165
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_DATE 10/23/2013 5:30:23 AM
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_LANGUAGE English
3.0
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_PIXEL_SHADER 3.0
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_VERTEX_TEXTURE SYSTEM_SUPPORT
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DEVICE \\.\DISPLAY2
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SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_SHARED_VRAM 3071.887 MB
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DAC Integrated RAMDAC
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DISPLAY_MODE 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
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SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_DATE 10/23/2013 5:30:23 AM
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_LANGUAGE English
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SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_VERTEX_TEXTURE SYSTEM_SUPPORT
SYSTEM_SOUND Speakers (ASUS Xonar Essence STX Audio Device)
SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_ID {375510FB-FD2A-4F21-AE23-6696097FBB35}
SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_NAME cmudaxp.sys
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_VERSION 5.12.0001.0008
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_LANGUAGE English
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_DATE 3/10/2013 10:13:31 AM
SYSTEM_SOUND S/PDIF Pass-through Device (ASUS Xonar Essence STX Audio Device)
SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_ID {E3D1A851-B051-4AC6-84B3-9E77A0AD9E4D}
SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_NAME cmudaxp.sys
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_VERSION 5.12.0001.0008
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_LANGUAGE English
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_DATE 3/10/2013 10:13:31 AM
SYSTEM_SOUND Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_ID {F31433B1-E0DE-43A0-AF73-55C3B3C32B74}
SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_NAME HdAudio.sys
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_VERSION 6.03.9600.16384
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_LANGUAGE English
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_DATE 8/22/2013 6:38:21 AM
SYSTEM_INPUT {6F1D2B60-D5A0-11CF-BFC7444553540000}
SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME Mouse
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SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME Micr
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SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME Micr
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SYSTEM_INPUT {99B20200-895D-11E2-8006444553540000}
SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME Micr
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boot
FFXIVLauncher
Windows 8.1 crashing / slowdown / memory leak - Google Chrome


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Adobe AIR
Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin
Pandora
Diablo III
Google Chrome
Guild Wars 2
Marvell Miniport Driver
Mozilla Firefox 19.0.2 (x86 en-US)
Neverwinter
NVIDIA Stereoscopic 3D Driver
OpenAL
EVGA Precision X 4.2.1
RivaTuner Statistics Server 5.4.1
Terraria
Torchlight II
Dota 2 Test
Borderlands 2
Dota 2
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Steam
Quicken 2012
Google Drive
Java 7 Update 45
FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn
Microsoft XNA Framework Redistributable 4.0
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Java Auto Updater
Adobe AIR
Apple Application Support
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable
Apple Software Update
NVIDIA PhysX
Pandora
Microsoft Silverlight
ASUS Xonar Essence STX Audio
Office 15 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component
Office 15 Click-to-Run Localization Component
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.6161
Google Update Helper
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219


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C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe 00001690
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe 000014C0
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Drive\googledrivesync.exe 00001598
C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Update Core\NvTmru.exe 00001538
C:\Program Files\ASUS Xonar Essence STX Audio\Customapp\ASUSAUDIOCENTER.EXE 00001504
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\Root\Office15\MsoSync.exe 000012E4
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\Root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX86\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE15\CSISYNCCLIENT.EXE 00001298
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\ONENOTEM.EXE 00001628
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HsMgr.exe 0000150C
D:\Music\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe 0000166C
D:\Programs\Steam\Steam.exe 00001544
F:\FF14\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\boot\ffxivlauncher.exe 00001148
F:\FF14\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\boot\ffxivsysinfo.exe 00001778