also, just to add. it boots me when i zone about 50% of the time

sounds to me like your client got updated. similar things happened with me when i clicked the one on my quick launch instead of my desktop. one was configured the other wasn't. your client may have tried to update itself. What i did was un-install EQ and manually deleted any files\folders then reinstalled\reconfigured it and all is good for me now.. if it was a proxy issue you wouldn't be able to connect at all, more then likely would hang at the log on screen if you got that far, sounds to me like a local client issue imo.

well, i downloaded titanium as a torrent, and the internet i am on will take like 5 weeks to re download lol. i am just about 100% sure that i didnt patch it on accident mainly because the only way i could ahve done that would have been to go into my eq files and find the everquest.exe and click it, which i wouldnt do that.

i am also having this issue! :(