ok, here is a lowtech way to check out what is going on.
Open a dos prompt, change directories to your everquest folder and type the following
Code:
dir eqhost*.*> eqhosts_result.txt
type eqhost.txt >> eqhosts_result.txt
attach the file that creates (eqhosts_result.txt) to your reply
You can read the text file to possibly figure out what is wrong yourself.