Having launcher issues on Win 7.

[DominoFrancisco]

When I start up the launcher it gets to the main window but either a dialogue box saying 'System error - 2146697208' pops up or nothing loads (it just stays black). I've searched everywhere but none of the fixes worked permanently. I even tried deleting the Realm Reborn folder in My Documents (resulting in me having to redo all of my hotbars, character, and HUD settings) which worked up until I closed the game, and as soon as I tried logging in again the issue came back up.

This is getting frustrating. I've been at it for hours now, trying everything I can think of and it's STILL not working, not to mention every thread I've come across complaining of the same issue was left unresolved.

Edit: when the error message doesn't appear, there's different lines of text hidden at the top of the box. So far I've gotten

<script type="text/javascr
and
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://img.finalfantasyxiv.com/ft/arr_2_

Now the launcher is failing every time I load it.

Edit edit: the EULA popped up but without the Next button. This is what happened when I deleted the folder in My Documents earlier. That time I closed the launcher and reopened and was able to bypass the EULA, but that didn't work this time and now it's just crashing again. Honestly why can't there be a more reliable way to log on to the game than this? This is probably one of the most asinine things that has ever prevented me from playing a game before.