Platform (PC, Steam): PC
Type of connection (wired or wireless): Wired
Other programs running while the game is playing (if any): None. Disabled Start Up programs
Frequency at which error occurs: every time I try to launch FF14

Any other steps taken to resolve the issue:
- checked for Window OS updates
- checked for graphic & GPU driver updates
- Uninstalled and reinstalled twice
- Rebooted router
- Whitelisted FF14
- Turned off anti-virus
- Tried to run as Admin
- Cleared browser settings
- Checked SSL & TLS (except SSL 3.0) were checked
- Cleared cache