HI there, I have read this a lot in the forums here and there and I have taken several steps to try and solve this myself using other forum ideas... but alas I am at a loss. Firstly I would like to say that I can run phoenix viewer v1.5.2.1185 perfectly well, no problems at all. When I try and run the new updated version of second life or firestorm I am able to log in for all of a minute then my screen freezes and I am logged out. Here are my system specs - Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Intel Core i7 cu 930@2.80GHz (8 CPUs) ~2.8GHz Memory 12288MB RAM NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 I use Optusnet ADSL. And yes I was using a netgear router but as they featured so frequently in any problems with second life I unplugged it and I am using the OPTUSNET standard issue Sagem Fast1201 V2 Optus ADSL modem. I am at a loss. I have fiddled with settings and... I have lowered draw distance I have lowered my graphics card setting I have unplugged my netgear modem I have turned off my computers firewall I have configured my firewall using the official linden lab guidelines http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Configuring_your_firewall Rebooted my optus modem Defragged and cleaned out my computer Uninstalled and reinstalled the viewer Tried the Beta viewer.. (to no avail) I just find this rather exhausting. If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them. Thanks, Rach