Hey Taco Man, guess what...!!!
ok, i uninstalled all .net versions from my computer and then went to windows update website and let it scan my computer for updates and .net 1.1 came up so i installed then ran win update again and 1.1 service pack came up so i downloaded that and stopped there and downloaded eq2 beta and tried it and it worked!!!!! so i'm afraid to go any further with .net upgrades im happy now that my map works!!!!
so anyone else having this prob. give it a try, hope it works for you 2
thanks again taco for trying to figure it out!!!