a system error has occurred -2146697208

[FYPO]

Everytime i start the launcher for FFXIV i get
"a system error has occurred -2146697208"

and sometimes it says: <script sype="text/javaser
In the top right corner.

I have to restart the launcher like 50 times before it loads up.
Sometime restarting my computer resolves the problem sometimes it does not.

[Valkrist]

It's not just you. The game is entirely crashing on me, I'm getting the same error code, and the main site isn't visable for me.

[xFlarex]

same problem nothing/noone helps

[Woggers]

Check to see if there are any Windows updates, check that IE is up to date as well. Try these then reset if there are updates, hopefully that'll work.

[Jeiko_Hunter]

This is an issue that came up a few weeks ago, something I experienced then and now. Also list your ISP and country, that was one of the issues then as well.

I also found that the problem isn't always present, as I have multiple shortcuts for the launcher, so it may be a localised pc issue or something else. (My partner is able to log on with no worries on the same modem, so there's that too).

In regards to the ISP issue, mine is;
ISP- TPG
Country- Australia

[FYPO]

Ok its starting to get ridiculous, I have re-installed the game twice now. Has not fixed the problem.
I can spend anywhere for 10 Minutes to 3 Hours trying to just get the launcher to work. Restarting the app over and over and over.
Can I get a response from some staff? on how to fix this?

ISP: VirginMedia
Country: UK

[Raist]

There were notices on some twitter feeds last night that Level3 had some downed devices causing up to 90% packet loss in some regions. ISP's were cutting routes over to Cogent, which of course may be leading to bottlenecking on their lines now.

The error message is a generic browser code for failure to download. Essentially something is disrupting communication somehow.

A fairly recent Windows Update has resulted in a reset of the supported encryption methods. Make sure all the SSL/TLS options are enabled in the advanced tab of Internet Properties (inetcpl.cpl from the search/run box). This is important even if you don't use Internet Explorer, as the launcher is tapping into the MSIE elements embedded in Windows.

Otherwise may want to verify other browser tech is current (java and .Net and such). Double check additional security options (pop-up/ad blocking,firewall,antivirus) aren't interfering with access to frontier.ffxiv.com, which is where the info comes from. May want to run some traces too to see if there are routing issues