Unable to login, blank after passwords

[MakimaNayuta]

Try uninstalling TextTools and ACT or other stuff that might interact with the game as is mentioned in your installed programs list, for a fresh install if needed.

[DNSDies]

Try uninstalling TextTools and ACT or other stuff that might interact with the game as is mentioned in your installed programs list, for a fresh install if needed.

ACT isn't just for FFXIV, you know. I use it in a game that doesn't ban it (Age of Conan)
Also TexTools used to view models outside of the game like, say, housing items which we can't preview, or store items before dream viewing was implemented. This isn't against the TOS. If I were using it to disseminate private data, it would be. Nice try though.

Good morning and thank you for posting int he final fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums.

Does this issue occur if both Steam and Final Fantasy XIV are both uninstalled and reinstalled? Additionally have you tried deleting the locally saved content in the 'My Documents' folder?

Thank you for visiting the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums.

After uninstalling steam and FFXIV and restarting my computer and reinstalling it the launcher still has the same problem, except now it's trying to download updates and I can't see them downloading, but I can see the network activity in the task manager performance tab.

[Shibi]

ACT isn't just for FFXIV, you know. I use it in a game that doesn't ban it (Age of Conan)

I didn't see any insinuation that you were doing anything wrong, and it's a sound suggestion.

Part of decent fault finding is to make sure all your drivers are up to date, and that any program which could potentially interfere is uninstalled or disabled. Even if you are 100% sure-in-your-heart that it's not the cause.

While it probably won't make a skerrick of difference, the chance that it will work is non-zero. So, no harm in updating your drivers and uninstalling anything that potentially touches FFXIV.

I'd even go as far as looking through your startup applications and services to make sure there is nothing in the way of non-standard overlays. Manually do a windows update, and also check you have no ad-blocks or similar add-ons for the Microsoft browsers.

[DNSDies]

I didn't see any insinuation that you were doing anything wrong, and it's a sound suggestion.

Part of decent fault finding is to make sure all your drivers are up to date, and that any program which could potentially interfere is uninstalled or disabled. Even if you are 100% sure-in-your-heart that it's not the cause.

While it probably won't make a skerrick of difference, the chance that it will work is non-zero. So, no harm in updating your drivers and uninstalling anything that potentially touches FFXIV.

I'd even go as far as looking through your startup applications and services to make sure there is nothing in the way of non-standard overlays. Manually do a windows update, and also check you have no ad-blocks or similar add-ons for the Microsoft browsers.

You obviously don't know how ACT works. It does not interact with a game that it isn't configured to interact with. You're doing the equivalent of asking me to uninstall Microsoft Office to fix a problem with FFXIV.
ACT is used in about half a dozen games that AREN'T FFXIV, and without the plugin for this game, it has no means to interact with it in any way.

But hey, I uninstalled them, guess what, didn't do anything. Imagine that.
Got any other sage advice? Maybe I should reinstall windows next because running SFC DISM wasn't far enough?

[Shibi]

Got any other sage advice?

As a hint, don't attack people trying to help you, and you might find you get further in life.

There were other things to check, but I won't bother helping you any more.