#Battlenet down install

Blizzard’s install agent will check this log and might decide to terminate the connection with your computer under certain conditions. TCP or IP log contains inconsistent data – Every network connection will auto-generate a log in regards to the incoming and outgoing connections.(and Blizzard products in general) don’t play well with these types of products. Interference caused by Proxy or VPN client – If you’re using a Proxy or VPN client to block servers from detecting your location, you might want to disable these (at least while you carry out the installation of ).

#Battlenet down windows

Several affected users have confirmed that they were able to fix the problem by creating a new Administrator account for their Windows installation and doing the installation from the new account.

Corrupted administrator account – According to some affected users, this problem can be related to an inconsistency resulting from a corrupted administrator account.

In this case, a quick power cycle procedure performed on your router should resolve the majority of issues.

Network inconsistency – If you’re experiencing other issues aside from the fact that you’re unable to install Blizzard’s launcher, the problem can also result from a network inconsistency.

If this occurs, you should be able to allow the installation to happen regardless by temporarily disabling the Antivirus suite and/or the firewall component.

Overprotective AV suite – If you’re trying to install an older build of, the installation might be flagged as a false positive by certain AV suites because of an expired publisher certificate.

To fix this issue, you’ll need to reset the WMI component from an elevated CMD prompt.

Conflicting meta-information – As it turns out, a corrupted WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) repository can also cause installation problems with, especially if you had the client installed in the past.

In this case, you should delete the and Blizzard Entertainment folder (from the %ProgramData% folder).

#Battlenet down update

The conflict is caused by remnant files – If you get this problem while attempting to update your current app or you’re trying to re-install the launcher after having it installed in the past, chances are some remnant files are blocking the installation.If this scenario is applicable, you should be able to avoid the error by doing the installation from a clean boot state. Conflicting process or startup service – According to some affected users, you can expect to deal with this issue in situations where a non-Microsoft service or process is running in the background and conflicting with the installer.We'll bring you more details as they become available. Blizzard itslef isn't being very helpful with no explanation on its Twitter feed, the US Twitter feed mentions routine maintenance, though that's not been noted in Europe, and we'd think they'd be quick to pinpoint that as the cause if it was.

#Battlenet down Patch

Other reasons could be a patch to Hearthstone that nerfs a couple of popular cards, Leeroy Jenkins and Starving Buzzard, though such patches haven't brought the service to its knees before. Though hacker collective Lizard Squad hasn't yet sent any message that it is repsonsible. With other popular games, such as Destiny and Call of Duty, having suffered from DDoS attacks in recent days, it's suspicious that Blizzard is having such problems today. Though not entirely unknown, the service is generally relaiable and we've never seen such long queues to simply log into the service, taking around 15 minutes to simply get the game launcher up. Battlenet is having some serious issues today, with players unable to connect to the service in order to play Blizzard's range of popular titles.