Miscellaneous: 1018 for 5 days

[Captain Faceplant]

I got the 1018 "You have an active character" bug for the first time last week. It was gone the next morning, but returned the following night. I was kinda bored so I started a character on red just to be able to play, and ended up playing there for a few days.

Today I tried to come back to P99 and I'm still 1018, after 5 days. I tried changing my login pass on eqemulator, and deleting/moving all of the character UI files (those seemed to be the most popular suggestions). Neither did the trick.

The only 100% fix seems to be "start a new account", but, I've been playing this one for half a year now. Starting a new one isn't really an option at this point. I'm wondering if anyone has a fix that they're positive will work, or has worked 100% of the time for them. The stuff with moving UI files, etc... I'm kinda dubious, but I'll try anything at this point.

Edit: I wanted to add that I've never shared my account info with anyone, dual boxed, or logged in with any computer besides this one, from this location. There are no other EQ players in the house.

Edit 2: I was lagging pretty badly the last time I logged off. That makes me wonder if somehow the server didn't get the logoff message, and thinks i'm still online somehow.