Glass Miracle, isn't that Windows Messenger a nightmare? I thought I was losing my mind when I first got XP, turned the puter on and started getting those pop-ups every couple of minutes.
OK, This is long because I want to try to give you all the info I can think of.
I'm having a Flash/Shockwave problem. Only on Neopets, not on the Macromedia site (or anywhere else) - been there, uninstalled and reinstalled both Flash and the latest Shockware (standalone version). Also updated DirectX to 9.0. Have all XP and IE updates (except SP2 - that almost destroyed my computer so I got rid of it), around 90% resources free (80g hd), I clear cookies, temporary internet every day, clear out graphics about once a month (just reset to 0, log out, log back in, set to around 40). AMD Athlon1800, Nvidia Hercules graphics/video. Have had my tech look at and test everything, removed stuff I wasn't sure of from my start-up, so I don't have 20 things running when the puter's on - just a/v, spybot, spywareblaster basically is what starts when the computer boots up.
Now, after the DirectX upgrade, reinstalling and testing Flash and Shockwave to make sure they were both installed, I went to the Macromedia games spot. Everything is fine (yes, it takes awhile for the games to load) - smooth graphics, no pause, hesitation, nothing. So I go to Neo, and tried Igloo Garage sale game and then Kiko match, also Usuki frenzy. First of all when I click to play I usually get a black screen and have to wait for the preloader - which sometimes starts out moving really slow and sometimes moves really fast - then a little bit of black screen again before the actual game screen is there.
On Igloo as the things fall, they kind of fall ... like ... this, instead of fall like this. Kiko match when a square is clicked sometimes it takes a double click and it doesn't just change. Usuki frenzy, when Sally picks something up there's like this little *pause* before she starts walking again. Does any of this make any sense? Hard to explain. My tech is totally frustrated, as he and another tech have seen this in action now and neither (one's a huger gamer and knows shockwave well) can figure out what the problem is.
So, I come to you all, who know so much about computers. The only thing I don't have is high speed - I'm on dial up. But even changing quality on the games (recommended on Neo for slower computers) doesn't help, just makes the graphics look cruddy.
Any ideas? Or have I put you all in a coma with too much information