I hadn't used SL for a few weeks and came back and it said there was a mandatory update. Now last time I had problems with the mandatory update and it did partially the same thing - made me a cloud, nothing moved, etc. Before I simply fixed it by finding (though I can't remember where maybe it was on another pc) an older update that was at least new enough that I didn't have to update to the newest (ie didn't give me the required update message). Since I haven't logged in in awhile I didn't have any updates in between. When I tried logging on nothing would load and after waiting around 15 minutes or something I was finally able to type - sort of. It would type really really slow a letter at a time but that was all I could get because nothing would load. So I since then did a few things. First I updated my video driver and motherboard drivers (which now I lost my sound no clue why) and then I tried using the release candidate, the emerald viewer, and also I fould an older update though I don't think it was the latest before this update but at least it didn't give me the required update message. Though at this point it wouldn't even let me log in kept saying it was either the region or to check my connection. So a few hours later I tried again and in the emerald viewer I had it take me to the TP on the load screen rather than home, though I might as well try another region. Same thing as before although the program started things aren't loading. At least this time I was able to close all the popups from msgs I got while I was away. But it takes minutes for anything I click to register, and I can't move or rotate the camera. I don't know what to do. If it wasn't for someone's help when I tried the other day I wouldn't have even been able to pay for my land and stream (found out you can add money directly through SL)
My system is:
Windows XP 32bit
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E4700 @ 2.60 GHz
4 gbs RAM
NVidia GeForce 8800 GT
high-speed internet (and it's running at over 14,000 kbps or 14 mbs whatever)
So as you can see I meet all the requirements. And 2 other things. One is that when I installed SL update the first time it screwed something up and set my clock to October I have no idea why. I restored back though and reset the time then reinstalled. And yes I have installed not just updated. The last thing that I find peculiar is that when I go to login the password box (which has password saved) is a really long set of stars, way more than what makes up my password, but I'm afraid to change it to retype it in in case it won't let me login at all then.
Please help
ETA: I tried logging in with the official viewer again (but the older one) and it seems only the emerald viewer is at least letting me log in (even if it's not working). The official viewer once again says this:
"This region may be experiencing trouble. Please check your connection to the Internet"
Again, my connection is fine and this is a different region then home. The other thing I remembered is on both I am getting odd errors that it can't load (or can't find to load?) poses. Which I'm not trying to run. I think they may have been something that I got sent and it didn't save or something?