Server Connection Issue

[Jubil]

I am hoping someone smarter than me can be my savior...

I was playing last night (or early this morning to be more accurate) just fine. Logged out, hit the sheets, and now I am back in black. I am getting stuck on a blank, black screen after choosing my server to connect to and hitting the "PLAY EVERQUEST" button. All I have is a moveable EQ-style arrow cursor. I cannot ALT+TAB out, ALT+ENTER for windowed, and CTRL+ALT+DEL only allows me to restart computer as accessing task manager doesn't work (still cannot get out of the blank, black screen to see it). I have done nothing different to log in than I have for more than a decade of playing on Project1999.

I made sure I have all the latest drivers, etc. I have rebooted, repatched, but have not done a full reinstall yet. I am using a Dell G7, 2.6GHz Intel i7 (6core) with 16GB RAM. GPU is an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060. Loads of storage left unused.

My EverQuest directory is independent of Program Files. My full-screen resolution in game is 1280x720 and native resolution is 1920x1080.

I am not sure what changed, but boy I sure would like to get it fixed and back online. I greatly appreciate any help.