Error: Trying to resume invalid character

For about the last week I have been getting this error every time I try to create a new character. I get all the way through character creation and to the register screen. Then whether I select the tutorial as a starting option or skip it and go straight to hero/villain I get the same result - my client hangs for 30 seconds or so then crashes with the error "Trying to resume an invalid character", although occasionally I get a failure to connect to dbserver instead (2 times so far out of 10+ attempts).

Logging back on after the crash results in a character with no 'alignment' symbol who gives the error InvalidPlayerInfo when I click on it and all I can do is delete it.

I have 2 gaming machines, both of which run CoX. They have different OS's (Windows XP SP3 on one and Windows 7 64 bit on the other) and completely different hardware as well as 2 different CoX accounts but I get the same error on either machine and either account.

Any thoughts on the issue? I can supply hardware and software details as needed but as this happens on two different machines with widely different software it seems more like a server than a client issue (or a client/server mismatch maybe?)

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Globals: @Midnight Mystique/@Magik13

My posting doesn't seem to be going so well either, since I managed to triple post this thread :-). This is the most up to date copy, so please respond in this one if you have any suggestions.

Forum Mods - could you remove the other two dups please?

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Globals: @Midnight Mystique/@Magik13