[rudedog]

FYI, with all the latest Internet worms lately. You may be seeing some Internet slow downs between you and the servers your connecting to.

My provider Cox.net has shut down all ICMP tools thus I can not ping or tracert any address to troubleshoot network problems.

Try and give your provider a call and see if they where/are experiencing any problems

Also I also use a no-cd crack ( play too many games to always switch CDs ) We don't allow giving links to them on aa.com. Because that could start wares talk and it's the best way to avoid any problems with warez.