Running Windows XP
Have tried moving Directories and also tried different disk drives.
I have been playing since November and never had any trouble.
Only since the last patch have I had trouble at all.

I think a game needs 2 things - something for the player as an individual to progress to - something to look forward to over each horizon, this is a bit messed up.

Also something to make people group up and enjoy group content, this; in this game seems to be working well, after many times being ganked, camped, chased and destroyed, seeing people getting more organised and beating their enemies and tasting victory is excellent.

Seeing good people who work hard at mining and industry every day, who try to keep going in the game when everyday they are threatened and abused by perverts in swarms whose only PVPing skills seem revolve around killing termis and sequer, seeing industrious people get their act together and turn the tables gives me a good feeling. Eat dirt you pirate trash.

Anyway point one; the individual side of things - I enjoyed going from an Arkhe to an Arkhe MK2 then a Yagel then Arbalest and the joy of looking forward to Kain kept me going, then next step - the heavy mechs - hmm all the progression seemed to slow to a halt, they are too expensive to make, to blow up often, the EP is enormous and slow to get - dont even start about T4 equipment an endless kernal farm that takes forever if your lucky, a corp with a 100 members feeding one guy every day for 3 months to see him leave the game and have to start again from scratch - evil. Not to mention waiting a week or more to move one extension one single notch that gives you an amazing 3% improvement, so individual player progression is a little strained, but you persist.

i guess ill try a reinstall

thatnks for your reply - its been 2 hours and a reboot - i have plenty of disc space
ill try your suggestion.