@everyone posting so far
The problem has now supposedly been fixed, and it was caused by a file called boot.ini being used in the EVE directory, the patcher mistakenly thought that it was meant to patch boot.ini in C:\ instead.
Running not as admin would do nothing as you need to be admin to install the patch in the first place.
@Chad - it wasn't, just bad coding.
@Bryce - I see you have never tried it. Yes, part of the game is making billions on the market, but there is nothing like killing that other ship with 4% structure left then escaping just as his friends jump in and try and get you, or running missions, or ratting, or even mining and manufacturing items, plus of course it is an MMO, MMO players have something called friends, maybe you should try getting some one day - this is a reason in itself to play MMOs rather than just sitting there on CS, typing 'lolz noob' into chat every now and then.