Cant join games!

[JimDirt]

ok guys ! here's one for ya ! , #1 : i have 2 hard drives, #2: Win 98SE on one ,Win2000 pro on other,,the one with 2000 has just been formatted, and this is the first time i have used 2000,it has ALL Windows updates and service packs, i have the latest Nvidia driver ,TI 4200 128mb vid card,Direct X 9 1.7ghz AMD AthlonXP, 512 DDR ram, now i have been playing on the Win 98SE drive for a while with no probs, i just got Win 2000 pro , and put it on my other drive, a freshly (low level)formatted drive, after all the Win updates and vid drivers were installed, i started with my games , First was TFD(no problems) next was BHD (no problems) next was Land Warrior(1st problem) it looked like it installed ,(with disk in ,it shows "Start,Install,Demos,Exit,etc)Start is grayed out so you cant click it , gives errors if u try to update, and hangs when trying,(but never loads)to start,,(2nd problem)BHD after playing single player for a bit , i decided to play Multiplayer, it loads, lets me log in , go to server page(stat or public give me the same error,log in ,no log in same error) everything is fine till i pick a room to go to (say Blackhawk !) i click the page , it loads , and gets to "JOINING GAME" and hangs , till after 5 minutes ,i have to Control/Alt/Del, to end task ,"Program Not Responding", NOW ! for the finalie ! when i first installed all this it was at a friends house, we played BHD on his Cable connection ,thru his router, for 5 hours with no errors, (4th july weekend) i took my fresh system home , and set it up ,to my Cable connection ,thru my router, havnt been able to play multiplayer ,in BHD since!,i have uninstalled, reinstalled, reupdated, you name it , and nothing changes, i cant figure it out , and i have sent emails to Nova Servers and Support ,with no reply! so now im stuck ,and have uninstalled till i get some kind of way to fix this problem , ,,,Is the problem 2000? , is it changing routers?(i installed no software for his ,so i dont see any prob there), either way im stumped , anyone got a clue about this prob??? HELP!!!!!!!