hi guys, and thanks much for all your suggestions. I'll just answer all the queries I got without specifying where they came from to make it shorter:
--the problem persists: I can't sign in my usual account but an old alt works perfectly eveyr time.
--I DID get in once for about 30 seconds and in that time went to Preferences to clear cache and I noted some invisible prims on the feet were messed up (invisible ankles and feet) and was attempting to look into that when I got the usual message which was:
--"You have been logged out... The region may be experiencing trouble...." with a 'View IM...' and 'Quit' buttons
--had a talk with sim owner (using my alt) and he checked my land and found nothing unusual. He mentioned some ghost sign-in as Shabana might be preventing me re-logging as one of you also identified as possible
--I used to have a non-standard symbol in my username but took that off and its all vanilla script now
--Re C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\ SecondLife\)
I always seem to have trouble finding this (I'm on PC, not Apple) as I cant find the AppData directory as it is hidden/ locked or something. Will keep trying.
--I dont use a router, modem only and I restarted with no effect.
--changed password, reinstalled Firestorm to latest build
--have changed sign in location to various others with no effect
from Echo:
Also, if you are able to log in on an alt, but not on your main/present account, it could be because you have a lot more detail on your present account, and you lose your connection mid-way through everything loading.
If it were me, I would log into Firestorm as the alt, go into the menus at the top of the screen (I use Phoenix so am not sure whether you have Advanced, or Develop menu), but look for an option in one of those drop down menus for "show consoles". Log out and log back in again with the account that is causing you problems. The extra console window should come up, alongside your main viewer screen, and as you log in, you get a clue where in the log in process you are being logged out.
Yes I have a ton more detail and inventory on my new account as it is the only one active really for years now. Btw I had serious lag for a month and finally upgraded my computer just 2 weeks ago to 4 gig RAM from the previous 2. This cleared up the lag issue completely.
Thanks all will carry on with this today and if I have no luck will submit a ticket. I'm wondering if it is worth becoming a premium member just to get the faster help--I have no experience with getting SL tsch help.
Thanks again!
Shabs