Neil; I did upgrade both machines at the same time, as a matter of fact my secondary is still running 1.05 while the primary is 1.02 and all is just fine. When both machines were on 1.05 I had the problems I explained. If there is indeed a problem when 2 machines are not on the same version, wouldn't it also be an idea to add a warning box alerting the user of that fact?
OK, thanks to Google Desktop I found my old download of 1.02, and guess what? I don't have the problem with 1.02. Here is what I did. Uninstalled 1.05 which had the problems. Rebooted Installed 1.02 Rebooted Problem gone. Uninstalled 1.02 Rebooted Re-installed 1.05, problem was back. Then I went back to 1.02. SOMETHING changed in 1.05 that made this happen.
I'm convinced that this is a problem with 1.05. I was running 1.02 between 2 machines without a single problem for months, I reinstalled XP on the machine without changing a ny hardware, and suddenly my connection drop every 45 seconds. I've had to go back to a second keyboard and mouse because I can't stay connected long enough to get anything done. Is there a location where I can download 1.02 to see if the problem is still there? I have exactly the same config, SP's and hotfixes as on the old