1. What OS are you running, and are you starting launchpad as an administrator? Or are you running linux?
2. Did you add launchpad to your firewall and anti-virus exception lists?
I'am running OS X 10.9 with Wineskin. Therefore: SWGEmu & Launchpad are thinking they're running on Windows XP as Administrator. There is no Firewall & no AntiVirus.