sort of in the same situation as you. i think im badly needing a reformat or at least reinstall of quake wars, problem is, my windows settings have been changed somehow and also my uninstaller does not uninstall. lol how do i delete quake wars and reinstall if i cant uninstall? LOL idk if this is a virus or my hardrive is takin a shit or what. but i can play like 15 mins of quake wars and then i get 2fps and then 10 secs later my pc locks up. just went thru a thorough inside cleaning including dissasembly of cpu cooler and videcard cooling system just to make sure it wasnt a heat problem (and yes there was alot of dust in there that made it past my filters, so it was that pain in the ass fine dust)