Ive been looking around the internets lately for a fix to my problem. every time I launch LOTRO, it gets stuck at "Getting Data Centres". I am really starting to get pissed cause everytime i go on a forum thread in hope of a solution, all i find is that their problem stopped. Mine did too, but then after a few hours, it came back. So does anyone here know how to fix it. I cant change my firewall settings. BTW if this is in the wrong spot, please be nice. I've never used these forums before.

uninstall pando  media installer

Wow Thank you. I dont think i had it installed so thats probabley the problem lol.

I cant find pando media booster. I checked every where. does it download to my lord of the rings folder? can sum1 give me step by step explanation on how to find the uninstaller for pando media booster?

I deffinately dont havew Pando media booster. WTF do i do. sum1 please help.

Take a look at http://www.pandonetworks.com/games/help

I dont mean to be rude, and I'm not saying its not an issue, but judging by all the threads google pulled up of no one finding a permanent solution I'm going to assume there isnt one.  And even if there was one but it didnt show up in google at all, its unlikely we would know it (because if there is one, google would have it).

I read that people have the same problem for DDO as well, so best thing is to just wait until a patch comes around that might fix it.  Sorry, mate.

Originally posted by BarelyEin

Take a look at http://www.pandonetworks.com/games/help

No offence, but that didn't help me at all.  I dont have it and according to the internet i only need it for installation. its already installed so i dont need pando media booster. I want to know how to fix that stupid "Getting data centres" problem.

Regarding the previous posters, you want to UNINSTALL pando.  You can easily uninstall it from Control Panel > Uninstall a Program 

(On some OS that might be Add / Remove Programs).  If its not in that list, then its not installed, and its not your problem.

Originally posted by marinrider

I dont mean to be rude, and I'm not saying its not an issue, but judging by all the threads google pulled up of no one finding a permanent solution I'm going to assume there isnt one.  And even if there was one but it didnt show up in google at all, its unlikely we would know it (because if there is one, google would have it).

I read that people have the same problem for DDO as well, so best thing is to just wait until a patch comes around that might fix it.  Sorry, mate.

But i know people with the same type of computer as me that aren't having this problem. Even if there isn't a fix, I still want to know WTF is going on.

Interesting discussion here - http://boardreader.com/thread/Stuck_at_getting_data_centers_7r6kX6p3r.html

  Have you checked your IE settings?

pando is the peice of junk turbine uses to update the game. it can be found in the add/remove programs windows. Also if you hit ctrl +alt+del and check "processes" you will see that it is running in the background at times when turbine has a major update or patch. It is an annoying application and should never be included in the installer.