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Don't use the No CD patch, it has a Trojan Horse virus in it. There was a huge discussion about that in the DFLW forum about 2 months ago. Use the CD. The way you make sure that systray is running is: hold down on the Alt and Ctrl keys and then lightly tap the Delete key one time. It should bring up a screen that shows everything running in the background that you had no idea was running. Shut them all down except the Explorer and the Systray. I had that same problem when I first started playing LW, where it would not completely load the game and lock up on "Joining Session". I found a whole bunch of stuff running in the background that were in the Startup Group that did not have to be there, and things that automatically start running in the background when you turn the computer on. Now I make sure ONLY Explorer and Systray are running before I start hosting and have not had that problem since.