I'll have a go. ;)
#1 - Not too sure about that one, it's not something I've noticed!
#2 - The 'not connected' thing started in 3.5, it's because the timeout setting's a lot tighter for the initial connection. The normal advice is to keep on trying to connect & eventually you'll get on. But yeah, it's a pain in the ass that's affecting a lot of people.
It might be worth throwing up a suggestion to relax the connection timeout.
Last edited by SkulFuk; Dec 12, 2008 at 01:01 AM.
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