i followed your direction again.... also upgraded to jre6 u1 and i found good speeds coming back again..i capped at 543k...but really floated between 280 and 543 for about a minute then crash to 0 again... the mouse pointer in the hotspots i found still work but not as well as b4 im semi consistent at 80 to 135 as opposed to 130 to 210.... i really wish someone who knows what theyre doing and is reputable could come here and witness first hand what im saying about hotspots is true.. im not even sure im sane anymore cause i know its sounds absurd, i have never witnessed anyhting like this b4 that isnt a 'backdoor' type secret cheat that programmers placed, but it is true...someone has got to be a master at this stuff, where are the masters?, please come out of hiding!