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awesome, thanks for the suggestion!

I've tried every combination of compatibility and 256 colors, deleted registry entries and reinstalled D1 4 or 5 times, opened ports and when that didn't work, turned off firewall, tried downloading XP mode, that didn't work as well. I've done everything I can think of and tried all of your suggestions guys lol. Looks like I'm not supposed to play D1 over battle.net anymore. Friends and I will have to settle with skipping it and move to D2 :O)
Thanks again for your help and suggestions, much appreciated,
Darf

By the way, thanks for all the replies and help guys. I've got my PC directly connected to my modem. Haven't deleted the registry files yet. Will try that next. Also, downloading XP mode right now. I'll give that a go next.

Aye, it's no problem. I got it to run just fine, just can't install the patch or log onto battle.net. I have no issues connecting to battle.net with D2 or Starcraft. So I dunno. :\

Haha, yea me neither. That's why I posted. And yea, I've reinstalled like 5 times lol. No clue what it is.

Actually that's what I tried next. I ran it under XP, 98 and 95 modes with the same results.

Hey guys, not new here, but first time posting (usually just read the news :)) but I got a bit of a problem. I've installed Windows 7 recently and I can't seem to get Diablo 1 to patch with the drtl109.exe. It gives me a pop up that says "This program is used to upgrade programs through battle.net" Also, when I attempt to connect to battle.net within Diablo, it says it's looking for the fastest server for a couple of minutes then an error message pops up saying "Unable to connect to battle.net. If you are using a modem to access your service provider and are not configured for Dialup Networking, you may have to initiate the connection manually". I've allowed Diablo through my firewall, opened the ports, and when that didn't work, I disabled it completely and that didn't work either lol. So I'm stuck. Do ya guys have any suggestions?

Thanks,
Darf