Crash- Cant enter zones

[larry]

Okay iv been playing for two years, recently reformatted my computer and got rid of the crap, went on ctm and it worked okay

 

But then I installed a couple of programs (nothing unusual, Norton AntiVirus, Zone Alarm Personal, downloaded the latest IE6, MSN, Nero express)

 

and BAM, continuum screws up.

 

I get to the entering zone screen and it screws up, just freezes the whole computer.

 

Now i know i get connected to the zone because i get the news file download, but once it seems to actually start entering... nothing.

 

I tried entering a localhost server on my machine and got this error in the SubGame console

 

Connection request from: ER>Larry

Fri.SNIP.24: WARNING: Login checksum mismatch Larry><252911374><127.0.0.1>

Menu kickout delay exceeded: ER>Larry

 

Throughout this ctm didnt respond, although on localhost it didnt crash the whole pc, when connecting to a main zone the whole system freezes

 

The specs (although i dont think this is the cause, i assume it must be something ON the computer):

56mb RAM (+8mb shared)

700mhz Celeron II

Windows 98SE

56k Modem

 

As i said, this worked after i reformatted, the problem started after I installed above programs.

 

Any ideas appreciated, otherwise im away from CTM

[larry]

Oh, the problem seems to be solved, i just left it opening and it connected, but their may be something wrong with it because of the erorrs before. Anyone got any idea what happened ?

 

Edit:

And nope, its not working again. As soon as my pc crashed from some other unknown cause, it stopped working agian.

 

No idea whats happening here but i doubt its a virus, just scanned my pc. Im uninstalling programs one at a time and seeing if anything helps but iv no idea.

 

Heellpp!

 

<3

[»SOS]

I think I remember I once had the same error. However, the only fix I could find was a format. Not too sure it was the samr though - it was a long time ago.

 

Other than uninstalling stuff, I don't know what could be tried. Upgrade drivers maybe? Does not seem likely to work but who knows...

[»Maverick]

update video and sound drivers. Also update windows aswell.

If that doesn't work you should try to reinstall continuum.