Yes I am using a router and I wasn't getting any red bars at all. After an exhaustive search I found a thread here that helped me out and it worked. Changing the ...\ to ..\ in the skin.ini file.
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When I load up HL I can't see the ping bars, start button pills and maximise, minimise, close buttons. I have tried disabling every setting there is in Norton and Windows firewall is not on. I am ru ...