This just started happening to me as well. I'm not using a wireless connection and SS used to work just fine till it just started disconnecting today. (doesn't matter which zone). I tried : resetting my router and my modem. comepletely deleting SS and re-installing it to a different dir. disabling firewall and antivirus (Nod32 ver 4) Everything works fine till I connect to a zone, then I can play for 5 sec and it disconnects. I'm using Windows 7 RTM (legal copy) with Nod32 4 working through an Edimax router. I've never had any problems at all (have this OS running for about 3 months now). Only today did it start disconnecting. After I tried reinstalling it disconnects after about 5 sec of downloading levels. Any ideas?