After following the Instructions from the notepad, i copied all the files from the update folder into the Final Fantasy XI folder, and ran PlayOnline, after a small update and restart that took like 3 minutes something deviated from the instructions, instead of seeing Existing members i was greeting with two options:
Start playonline registration or
For Play online members, so i asssumed the instructions were outdated, so i went ahead and clicked For Play online Members put in the ABCD and what not, it said it was invalid, so after some fustration i skipped over to Registration but it walled me off and said i needed an Square enix account, so i googled my issue found said Forum post:
viewtopic.php?t=302 and i assume
"ah let me just copy and paste the update again" and i ran into the same issue, is the update files out of date or is there some sort of issue or workaround? many thanks
EDIT: forgot to mention after the first update and launch it attempts to check for updates then immediately completes and requires a restart