Everything has been running fine up until yesterday evening (i could log in no issues) but then when i started it up it had me login (generally keeps me logged in) so i put in my information hit log in and i get this error
"Sorry, but we couldn't connect to our servers
Please make sure that you are online and that Minecraft is not blocked.
(SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 87: create)"
I dug around but couldn't really find anything other than to pull my antivirus incase its blocking it (didn't work), i haven't changed any settings on my computer between it working and not (hadn't even used my computer, i logged off it, few hours later came back and had ths problem).
I'm lost as to what it could be so hoping somebody here may have some ideas that knows more than i do about this :(.
Alright, i finally figured it out, it was actually java itself blocking it, it must have updated java while i wasn't there to the latest version which after finally finding this on the java site:
The Exception Site List feature is being introduced in the release of Java 7 Update 51. By adding application URL to the Exception list allows users to run Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) that would normally be blocked by security checks.
which after seeing that i was able to go into the java control panel > security > and add http://www.minecraft.net to the Exception Site List, and after doing that its working fine now.
Will this work if it says: Sorry, but we couldn't connect to our servers. Please make sure that you are online and that Minecraft is not blocked. {SocketException: Connection reset}?
"Sorry, but we couldn't connect to our servers
Please make sure that you are online and that Minecraft is not blocked.
(SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 87: create)"
I dug around but couldn't really find anything other than to pull my antivirus incase its blocking it (didn't work), i haven't changed any settings on my computer between it working and not (hadn't even used my computer, i logged off it, few hours later came back and had ths problem).
I'm lost as to what it could be so hoping somebody here may have some ideas that knows more than i do about this :(.
Current time is Mar 6, 2014 8:50:22 PM
System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 7'
System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.1'
System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'amd64'
System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_51'
System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '64'
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws...ncher.pack.lzma
Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 87: create
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws...ncher.pack.lzma (try 2/10)
Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 87: create
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws...ncher.pack.lzma (try 3/10)
Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 87: create
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws...ncher.pack.lzma (try 4/10)
Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 87: create
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws...ncher.pack.lzma (try 5/10)
Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 87: create
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws...ncher.pack.lzma (try 6/10)
Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 87: create
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws...ncher.pack.lzma (try 7/10)
Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 87: create
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws...ncher.pack.lzma (try 8/10)
Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 87: create
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws...ncher.pack.lzma (try 9/10)
Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 87: create
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws...ncher.pack.lzma (try 10/10)
Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 87: create
Unable to download remote file. Check your internet connection/proxy settings.
FATAL ERROR: net.minecraft.bootstrap.FatalBootstrapError: Unable to download while being forced
at net.minecraft.bootstrap.Bootstrap.execute(Bootstrap.java:95)
at net.minecraft.bootstrap.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:381)
Please fix the error and restart.
I've tried:
Scanning for any malware
Disabling firewalls
Disabling Antivirus
Uninstalled Antivirus
Reinstaiing java
Tried running it in safe mode w/ networking
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Curse PremiumAre you using any proxies/"nanny software"(Stuff that blocks certain sites)?
Nope, nothing installed that would be blocking any sites
The Exception Site List feature is being introduced in the release of Java 7 Update 51. By adding application URL to the Exception list allows users to run Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) that would normally be blocked by security checks.
which after seeing that i was able to go into the java control panel > security > and add http://www.minecraft.net to the Exception Site List, and after doing that its working fine now.
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-7/996326-lost-internet-after-windows-updates.html
The error didn't pertain to my problem but i went with the anything might help approach.
"Click Start > Programs > Accessories > right-click on Command Prompt, select "Run as Administrator" to open a command prompt.
In the Command Prompt, type in the bold text, one command after the other, pressing Enter between each one of them:
Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults: netsh winsock reset catalog
Reset IPv4 TCP/IP stack to installation defaults: netsh int ipv4 reset reset.log
Reset IPv6 TCP/IP stack to installation defaults: netsh int ipv6 reset reset.log
Reboot the computer."
Done that and 64 bit started working, i guess somehow something messed that up and a factory reset of them fixed it.