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Hi Peoples. I have been having problems with my Minecraft client, I can't recall when, exactly it started to do this, but i have tried a couple of things, I have no attachments to my worlds on single player as I manage and play on a rented server with my friends, So I didn't backup my worlds, Since ovcourse I dont play on Single Pyr. ANYways! That brings me back to what I was going to mention that I have tried to do, to fix the problem. I have tried:

> Completely removed Minecraft, so like everything deleted right out of the 'Roaming' files etc, even right down to the Exe File, duh. [FAILED]

>Updated java. [FAILED]

>Removed java {Re-installed} [FAILED]

>Restarted Moi Laptop [FAILED]

>Got Angry and Yelled @ the laptop and then ran off and cried for a little while. [FAILED]..weird, That usually does the trick....

NOW, When I start my MC Launcher, This is the info it gives;

Bootstrap (v5)
Current time is Jul 18, 2014 7:01:15 PM
System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows Vista'
System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.0'
System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'x86'
System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_65'
System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '32'

Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma
Exception: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 2/10)
Exception: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 3/10)
Exception: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 4/10)
Exception: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 5/10)
Exception: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 6/10)
Exception: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 7/10)
Exception: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 8/10)
Exception: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 9/10)
Exception: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 10/10)
Exception: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
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 am lost now as to how to fix this, Its probably very minor, and I have never used the MC Forums for help before, usually I just Youtube my technical difficulties or ghost the forums, but, You guys are here to help so It would be much appreciated if you could give me a hand

Please let me know if i missed out anymore information that is vital for your help in troubleshooting

Yes! It downloads, No problems whatsoever

Probably you have a firewall or other piece of internet security software that is blocking MC / java from making internet connections, but has a rule to allow internet browsers to do the same.

Ahh ok, I'll have a look. Thankyou.

Yep, I had a 3 party firewall blocking it,FIXED!

Thanks all!