Hi all, lately I have been taken in by Maple Story, so I am trying to install it on my old computer. I successfully downloaded the game, but after the downloader extracted the Maple Story installer (maplestory.msi), the following error popped up:

Error 1606. Could not access network location \\(my computer name)\(my computer name)\users\(my user account name)\.

I am using a HP Pavilion zv5000 running Windows Vision Pro XP. I have tried the following "fix" from Microsoft, listed under the "Resolutions" section: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315352. I followed the instructions exactly, except I had to create the expandable string value "Common Administrative Tools" myself.

I appreciate any help given!

Shengster

United States167 Posts

March 15 2009 06:58 GMT

You might want to use the Norton Removal Tool to get rid of Norton completely, that might resolve the issue.

inertinept

Bangladesh1195 Posts

March 15 2009 06:59 GMT

that is probably a sign to not play maplestory

StarN

United States2587 Posts

March 15 2009 07:05 GMT

Yeah... don't play Maple Story. A game that takes absolutely no skill and is for people who just need time to kill.

XinRan

United States530 Posts

March 15 2009 07:06 GMT

On March 15 2009 15:58 Shengster wrote:
You might want to use the Norton Removal Tool to get rid of Norton completely, that might resolve the issue.

I don't have and never had Norton. I use ESET. I think you might have misunderstood the fix I used from Microsoft. It is Registry fix listed under "Resolutions". Thanks anyway!

On March 15 2009 16:05 StarN wrote:
Yeah... don't play Maple Story. A game that takes absolutely no skill and is for people who just need time to kill.

Yeah, I will admit that it takes no skill to play, but I really enjoy building my character. These kinds of RPG elements are really hard to find in a free game.

SayaSP

Laos5494 Posts

March 15 2009 07:13 GMT

Sadlifing, IT IS HERE.

BanZu

United States3329 Posts

March 15 2009 07:17 GMT

Why don't you use a Maple Story forum for your Maple Story problems........

www.sleepywood.net/forum

Exteray

United States1094 Posts

March 15 2009 07:18 GMT

Play Starcraft instead.
http://www.blizzard.com/us/starcraft/

cgrinker

United States3824 Posts

March 15 2009 07:25 GMT

That game will ruin your life lol

emperorchampion

Canada9496 Posts

March 15 2009 07:26 GMT

#10

On March 15 2009 16:25 cgrinker wrote:
That game will ruin your life lol

jodogohoo

Canada2533 Posts

March 15 2009 07:28 GMT

#11

if your 12 years old go ahead and play maplestory
but if your a man, you know the right choice

eatmyshorts5

United States1530 Posts

March 15 2009 07:29 GMT

#12

On March 15 2009 16:05 StarN wrote:
Yeah... don't play Maple Story. A game that takes absolutely no skill and is for people who just need time to kill.

You can say that for almost any MMORPG

Roffles

Pitcairn19291 Posts

March 15 2009 07:36 GMT

#13

God, the grinding in that game is painful.

Although you definitely should try the Technical section at sleepywood.net for such a problem.

fanatacist

10319 Posts

March 15 2009 07:38 GMT

#14

Was your penis too big when they asked for verification that you should play this game?

Fontong

United States6454 Posts

March 15 2009 07:39 GMT

#15

Noo noooo noooo terribad game good thing there are installation problems to stop you from playing it.

BanZu

United States3329 Posts

March 15 2009 08:08 GMT

#16

On March 15 2009 16:36 Roffles wrote:
God, the grinding in that game is painful.

I've graphed the EXP curve on my calculator before.

It's ridiculous

jodogohoo

Canada2533 Posts

March 15 2009 08:11 GMT

#17

On March 15 2009 16:38 fanatacist wrote:
Was your penis too big when they asked for verification that you should play this game?

I mean, he is on teamliquid, so i assume the best

writer22816

United States5775 Posts

March 15 2009 08:30 GMT

#18

JohnColtrane

Australia4813 Posts

March 15 2009 08:35 GMT

#19

wow, so many tossers :C

have you tried downloading the game again? does this happen with any other games? have you tried contacting the support sections or emailed the staff or anything like that? have you tried installing it in a different place?

Nytefish

United Kingdom4282 Posts

March 15 2009 10:14 GMT

#20

Maplestory was only fun for me when I was playing with friends or family, especially good for playing with younger siblings since it's such an easy game (despite that they screw up often, my brother once played on my level 70-something priest and died to snails).

But too much requires you to be such a high level you could never dream to reach unless you hacked (which is pretty hard now) or played in all your spare time for at least a whole year.

The thing that stopped us playing was technical problems, just couldn't get the game to work any more, I'm glad.

nataziel

Australia1455 Posts

March 15 2009 12:53 GMT

#21

I played MS for about a year and a half (maybe two?) and I never got above level 50, the grinding was just too ridiculous, I couldn't keep at it.

XinRan

United States530 Posts

March 15 2009 18:11 GMT

#22

On March 15 2009 21:53 nataziel wrote:
I played MS for about a year and a half (maybe two?) and I never got above level 50, the grinding was just too ridiculous, I couldn't keep at it.

I have been playing since early February on and off, and I am at level 44 right now, so I don't know what you were training on.

On March 15 2009 17:35 JohnColtrane wrote:
wow, so many tossers :C

have you tried downloading the game again? does this happen with any other games? have you tried contacting the support sections or emailed the staff or anything like that? have you tried installing it in a different place?

I don't think that downloading the game again will work because the error pops up when the installer is loading, but I will try it. I did log a question on their support website a couple of days ago, but based on their previous responses to tech questions, it won't be very helpful. I do have the game on my newer computer, so it's possible it's just a problem with my older computer. Thanks for the suggestions.

On March 15 2009 16:17 BanZu wrote:
Why don't you use a Maple Story forum for your Maple Story problems........

www.sleepywood.net/forum

Seeing that the error appears on the Microsoft website and pops up because of a Microsoft installer, I think the problem lies with Windows. I thought teamliquid would have more expertise than sleepywood, so I asked here. Doesn't hurt to try sleepywood too.

pinenamu

United States770 Posts

March 15 2009 20:23 GMT

#23

On March 15 2009 17:08 BanZu wrote:

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I've graphed the EXP curve on my calculator before.

It's ridiculous

oh my so true, higher levels take like 1 hour for 10%.. 10 hours for one level! i don't know why i played the game so long, but yeah, it felt like addictive torture i guess? harhar. don't play it! just play starcraft instead lol

Roffles

Pitcairn19291 Posts

March 16 2009 00:04 GMT

#24

On March 16 2009 05:23 JinSol wrote:

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Shit, 10% for an hour for me was considered good. The only thing I liked about that game was the fact that I could simply pick up whenever the hell I wanted to. I could break when I wanted to and come back and do stuff, whereas if I needed to do something abruptly in an SC game, it's kind of hard to just press pause on my opponent, even if it is a friend.