Not getting into gameworld on this computer

Sorry if I come off sounding like a newb (Well, I am, as far as most technical issues are concerned), but I can run 2L just fine on my upstairs computer, but when I try to run it on this one, which is about the same, hardware-wise, it gets as far as "Preparing inventory" and then it just sits. Sometimes it allows me to hit quit, to exit, more often, it freezes up and I have to use Taskmanager to exit.

I am using Windows XP, 1.6 gh pentium 4, 512 megs of ram, ti4200 and I'm pretty sure everything is up to date, driverwise...I've been playing a different game recently and I updated all my drivers for that.

I tried re-downloading the last update, I also tried uninstalling the whole game and running a fresh copy.

Could this be a setting? Anyone have any ideas to try?

i'm having similar problems but i think my issue is with my router. At my house i can connect to SL from behind my router. At my parent's house (same brand name router, different model) i cannot get past the common Inventory stage. "Sometimes is lets me quite... sometimes... crashes" is exactly right.

anyone have an idea what's going on?

~Lefty

Lefty,

Second Life uses large UDP packets that apparently cause some Routers to have problems. Always make sure to check for a new version of the Router firmware - and update if necessary.

I just recently went through a lot of trouble with my router. What brand is yours?

Take care,

--Noel "HB" Wade
(Tread Whiplash)