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Originally Posted by stormina

Thanks I'll try it now, for the record here is what my cfg says now:

bare minimum client.cfg must look like this

RootConfigFilename   = "client_default.cfg";
StartupHost          = "su1.ryzom.com:40916";
StartupPage          = "/login/r2_login.php";
InstallStatsUrl      = "http://su1.ryzom.com:50000/stats/stats.php";
PatchServer          = "http://dl.ryzom.com/patch_live";
InstallWebPage       = "http://dl.ryzom.com/installer/";

.. but the first line difference is not the cause of your problem probably.
most likely ryzom does not see the edited version from client.cfg file.

Edit: Oh, I run on vista, and if I try to run as admin it tells me it cannot find "client_ryzom_rd.exe".

move Ryzom folder out from 'Program Files' and to your desktop, edit the client.cfg and run client_ryzom_rd.exe inside new folder.