What do you do if your Spore game says The game needs access to the internet in order to verify ownership of this game please ensure that your computer is online and try again I do have connection?

Answer 1

The game does this every 10 days to verify it is legal. I've been looking online for hours and these are the main suggestions you'll find on various forums although none worked for me other people make claims towards their legitimacy.

They're are several things you can try although none worked for me.

First disable your firewall and malware like AVG or something, might be blocking it. Try unblocking something called Securom.

Someones made a .box file http://www.xspore.com/community/problems-bugs-fixes/7878-vista-fix-spore-cant-find-your-internet.html it's suppose to run you through being able to run the game, saw it worked for a couple people.

Someone suggests for an answer for a slightly different problem that might help here

"'Login failed: You do not have the proper spore.com privileges', you may have an issue with the login file that is in the Spore folder.*Try browsing to this folder and remove the*login.prop file. To do this:

1. Double-click on My Computer.

2. Double-click on the C: drive.

3. Double-click on Documents and Settings.

4. Double-click on your username.

5. Double-click on Application Data.

Note: The Application Data folder may be hidden, if so go to the Tools menu and select Folder Options. Click on the View tab and select Show hidden files and folders in the Advanced Settings box.

6. Next*double-click*Spore.

7. Then double-click Preferences.

8. In this folder there will be a file login.prop, right click and delete this file*and try Spore once again."

Someone else says "

Are you using a public network? (school, work) Sometimes these networks are monitored and certain data will be stopped. I remember last year if I was using MSN messenger, about 1/2 of the messages people sent me I didn't get." (I think this is my problem)

Someone else claims this helped "Go to TweakVista.com - Windows Vista Tweaks, Tips and Hacks and download & install the trial.

Launch TweakVista, choose the internet option on the left.

Select the "Conservative" option.

This fixed it for me."

Lastly suggested I see somewhat " 1. Click on Start,*then*Run

2. Type in CMD and click on OK.

Enter in the following commands:

netsh

interface

tcp

set global ecncapability=disabled

exit

exit

3. Restart your system to have the change take effect and login to Windows Vista using an administrator account.**Now launch the game."

I hope my hours of fail helps someone...

Answer 2

im not sure if this is right but i had the same problem i had internet access but only my msn worked i had to completely reset my computer back to how it was when i first got it.