Now instead of it freezing for just a short while, I hit play, and it goes into the space bg, with the stars flying at you, and sits.... wtf it was working yesterday. i have not installed anything new my AV and firewall are NOT a problem as i have never had any problem with them before, and no im not using that batch file me and sama worked on OS: Vista Business edit: oh, and FYI: it happened WHILE continuum was open. I closed out of a session i had open last night cause i got DC'd, so i go to click another zone, and it froxe... wtf gonna try restarting my computer, back in 10 minutes (or possibly longer)