they may be nothing at all u can do ..... there has been a handfull of ppl with this issue and i dont think there was ever any solution to it. aside from manually setting your options into the mirc.ini and then connecting by clicking the connect icon up top ... id say there is very little of a solution anyone can give u. i do believe it has alot to do with windows ME .. it was quite buggy from the day they set it out on the shelves. several display errors was what i remember being plagued with when i had it for a few months.