Thanks Tarroro for your suggestion...didn't work on my system though...

Thanks for the quick reply. I only have the windows firewall and I tried disabling it. I guess the problem could be related to the strange system failures I've been having (that the re-install didn't put right)...some kind of device error has been shutting down my computer intermittently (I can't fi...

I had to re-format my hard drive and re-install the game. Now the Launch screen doesn't recognise my internet connection. Other games work online and I can connect to the internet. I have re-installed the internet connection drivers and added Battlefield academy to my firewall exceptions but the lau...