How come lowcal chat wont work for me ?? just shows a box with an X "dead image"

your Java could be outdated. If it is, make sure you uninstall it before any downloads. (there will be probably 2 java programs installed on your machine, get rid of them both)

And then head over to www.sun.com for the newest version.

Aaah i see .. i didnt think it was the Java because of the fact i use Java most of the day between Yahoo and Site rebuild's that i do

What browser are you using?

please don't say Netscrape.

Internet Explorer 6.0
i updated Java and still wont load.. so i dunno