These are all reasonable tips and I would have said the same thing if someone asked me, but trust me, guys. I'm not trying to be disrespectful here, but *I'm* an MCSE, Master CNE, Compaq ASE, and Cisco SupportPro. I know about driver issues. I'm still having trouble sorting this out.
I've got a superclean NT install now. I'll see how that works out. The fact that it's happened on two different computers makes me suspect my modem and/or my ISP, since those are the only things that haven't changed. My ISP is usually great, though, and I'm online for 100+ hours a month, although that's usually from my laptop.
I did notice that although I locked up at the 1 hour 40 minute mark (much better) in my first ranked game, it didn't give me an abandon. It recorded my tool/bronze/iron times and said I played one game, but didn't win, lose, or abandon. Weird.
For you techies out there, Microsoft Technet does publish some troubleshooting white papers for AOE. You can find them on the Microsoft web site.
Oh, and Phil, great advice- but I'm not getting disconnected. I'm locking up my system completely.
Also, don't run screaming from me if you ever see me on the Zone. I finish most of my games. This is just happening enough to annoy me and probably make my ranking (if I played ranked games) look suspicious, which is how this thread started.
[This message has been edited by Baal_Hadad (edited 12-04-98).]