Running Origin on Windows 8

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Re: Running Origin on Windows 8

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if me 2 works on win 8 me 3 should also work but problem is it needs advanced settings etc etc.

some ea games are nonsense

 

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Re: Running Origin on Windows 8

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Solved it by unistalling Origin.

 

Then Installed again on another HDD which wasn't the C:\.

 

Could be that the issue presents itself when you install in the C:\Program Files(x86) and their is some kind of permission issue.

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I found the answer!

 

2 easy steps.... First uninstall Origin, then install Steam and say "f*ck you Origin for absolutely nothing"... worked for me

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Hi guys.i had the same problem for the last two days.my solution was very different from every other solution i read.smply reinstall the graphics card driver.the driver was damaged after windows update.my system after reinstalationis working perfectly now.i hope i canhelp you with this.anyway both origin and microsoft must doublecheck their products that WE PAY
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Plain and simple: Will not work for windows 8.

 

I was super excited to get my sims on, but it just didn't work out at all. Origin doesn't work, and I can't even log into it.

I must say, this whole experience was very disappointing.

I found the website to be poorly crafted, (especially for a gaming website at that), with quite a few links broken.

Their "help" section is a joke, much like their website.

Further more, would it have killed them to perhaps mention ANYWHERE on their website that they are NOT compatible with windows 8?

Waste of time.

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^ Completely 100% agree.

THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED TO ME.

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It does work on win 8.  I'm not sure this will work for everyone, but at least for me technical support was able to help.  I had to create a new user on my computer, logout of origin on my primary account, login to new user account, load origin as administrator, and install/play game.  now I can play it on all three of my windows accounts.  I sure hope this helps others.  I was super annoyed!  I just don't know why it helped..lol

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I contacted EA and its all about Windows 8.  I contacted Microsoft and its the same thing.  Microsoft admitted to the issues with Origin and that EA is trying their best to get something out for us.

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yeah, I had Origin running just fine on Windows 8 yesterday.  Last night I updated (now regrettably) to 8.1 and now Origin won't launch or re-install.  Going to try a few things and will report back what works.   First going to try UNINSTALL of Origin followed by reinstallation of video card drivers as mentioned in a prior post.

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@truthserum65 wrote:

yeah, I had Origin running just fine on Windows 8 yesterday.  Last night I updated (now regrettably) to 8.1 and now Origin won't launch or re-install.  Going to try a few things and will report back what works.   First going to try UNINSTALL of Origin followed by reinstallation of video card drivers as mentioned in a prior post.


OK - Uninstalling Origin and reinstalling did the trick.  Not sure what some others are experiencing on Win8/8.1.  Good Luck to all who have this issue.

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