Crash upon character creation...
 

I guess the first step is try this winEQ2 thing?

Was all stoked to enter Norrath for the first time in 16 years tonight, guess it can wait til the weekend.

Halfling rangers and paladins along with gnome paladins and sk's are not classic race/class combos. They cant be made here and will DC you when you attempt to create them.

Oh man thanks. I WAS trying to make a gnome SK lol.
Hopefully that was the only issue, gonna try later. If not I still have many of the troubleshooting options to try.
I'm determined to return to Norrath =)

P.S. sorry mods for posting prior to reading the stickys, but glad I did- haven't seen the above mentioned info anywhere else yet.