I just recently started playing again on my new laptop with windows 7.

i try to get on b.net and it says they cant verify the version. i downloaded the 1.13 patch, and it worked. but then i closed diablo, and opened it again, and i get the same error message.

Try this
http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=34341508&f=21

Hey there

Try using this guide: http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=34341508&f=21

Also in the future please post all Diablo II related questions here: http://forums.d2jsp.org/forum.php?f=21