I've spent a full day uninstalling, installing, working through all the fixes on various threads, many of which seem out of date. I'm running windows 7, and i've tried in every compatibilty, administrator. I can get the game working fine, but no matter what i do, I can not turn my list of dlc from enabled - unauthorised into authorised. I feel extremely short changed, and would do so if any of these dramatic fixes were needed and worked. The fact remains that none of them do work.
There is a thread which includes a few known issues, and laughs this one off, saying there are answers in month old threads. The ultimate version is tied to the account fully, but in the optional I only have a list for my other games, no extra content for this one, I don't know if this is an issue, but i have checked the box, there are no redeem codes of any type. I would really appreciate if it is just a slow account update issue, and the items will be enabled soon, or if I am in limbo and it will never work, to which case i can return the game and cancel my dragon age 2, the old republic, mass effect 3, medal of honour preorders and put it down to experiance. I have never had any problems with downloadable content before from other providers, I struggle to comprehend why this system is so bad. I bet that if this is a common issue, this game will be the most returned game in history, there is just no reason why the content does not work out of the box. I can understand launch bugs etc, but almost all of this content has been around for a while now, and these difficulties are putting me off for life.