Can't get past server select

[Amazeballs]

hello there, i've been unable to play since about august / september and now school is on break for a few more weeks and I have been dying to play....I can't get past the server select screen though, it starts to load into character select and kicks me back out to the original log-in information screen over and over...i've made exceptions for the whole folder, and dsetup.dll file in avg, i've uninstalled avg, turned off all firewalls, reinstalled EQ 10+ times, does anyone have the remedy to this problem or might know someone who does? Without my EQ fix i've been so bored and I really miss this good old server, any help would be greatly appreciated as i've tried everything I could think of like 10 times, except for reformatting my whole pc...unless there's one silly thing i'm overlooking