Okay, well when you "Run As" you won't be able to download any zone at all. Shut off any anti-virus/spyware/firewall programs and then try opening Continuum.
Still, I'd love to live in a region that's green for the entire year. Nice cool breeze, sipping lemonade and reading a book under a nice big ol' tree, one of the elders of the world.
That's nothing like the snowstorms we used to get here, but then again I'm in Canada. We're supposed to get 30-60cm of snow tomorrow evening, 30cm is about 11 inches? I think.
I don't really watch television, but all the channels I like are on basic cable. Now...Shock, there's someone who downs about 20 hours of television in a day .__.
The !@#$%^&*.. I don't know, make sure you're not running any random programs in the background that might mess you up. I know that at first whenever Unix played Hyperspace it messed up her internet connection, and then eventually it fixed itself.
Go into SSCE Hockey/Football zone and see if you get the same problem, or the same ?lag. If it's not in your zone list then click "Zone", then "Download", and then double click on the zone name and hit OK.
still, its how you rent movies the real way, u get exercise & you walk around the store, then grab a delicious bag of popcorn with loads of butter on it, and a 2l of coke