Thanks for the suggestions, I will remember them the next time around. This particular place was vegetarian, and although voted as one of the best I did not care for it much! =)
My computer has decided running EQ2 is a BAD IDEA and crashes instantly with a video driver error and reboots. I tried to roll back, forward etc and nothing works now. I have to find my discs so I can reinstall and hopefully that fixes it, I have had nothing but issues with my video cards + vista since I got them last year so its not surprising. Frustrating since I have limited time to game as it is!