I've got the same problem and call myself an experienced user, so please don't answer with "install the beta patch". I suffered from the "invisible man" bug after closing DayZ while being unconscious. While suffering from that bug, I had the "bad version" alert when trying to get on a "normal" server, but sometimes it still did work. Now that I have actually fixed the invisible&invincible bug, I am not able to enter ANY server if I don't use Sixupdater or -launcher, and I refuse to be happy with this because it tages ages to verify my beta version (that might be a hint for what the problem is, eh?). So what I did to solve this problem: I reinstalled every patch and update someone has to install when he wants to play DayZ and bought a copy of Arma II and Arma II: OA at the store on a DISK (I don't use the steam version). I reinstalled DayZ, and deleted everything in the @DayZ folder in the "Programs"-directory that was not there after a fresh and unused DayZ installation. Just to go sure, I got myself a new shortcut to ArmaII: OA and edited the target properly. I then started SixUpdater and updated my version of DayZ/Arma II (I had to do this after my very first installation, too, because it didn't work when just installing the 1.60 arma update and the 9444 beta patch). After updating, I re-downloaded the latest version of Battleye and "installed" it, too. Didn't work. Just to remind you, it does work when being started with Sixlauncher or -updater. On the starting screen of ArmaII, there are diffrent things displayed when starting with either six-software or with the shortcut: When using the shortcut, it says "@dayz" in the upper right corner. When using six-software, it says: "expansion @dayz beta" So, does anyone think he/she can help us?