In a nutshell (because I'm in a good mood tonight, I finally got my server running

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You need a clean install off a store-bought copy of Everquest Titianium edition. NOTHING else will work.
You then need to make a shortcut to the titanium install. Titanium default install is;
C:\Program Files\Sony\Everquest\eqgame.exe, so you have to make your shortcut look like;
Quote:
"C:\Program Files\Sony\Everquest\eqgame.exe" patchme
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As they already stated above.
If you ran the normal everquest.exe that hooks up to Sony and patched, then you're screwed, and have to re-install.