Ok, I've added a screenshot that should show the full model info, like I say I'm not great with tech stuff so this was the only way I could find it, if I need to do something else then some instructions would be greatly appreciated. I also don't believe this computer has ever had any 3rd party AV, in the second SS you can see none are listed under virus and threat protection and I don't recall ever setting one up. As for the VPN, I do have two installed currently, however this issue only started a couple of months after I bought and started playing the game, at which point I already had one of the VPNs for over a year, and hadn't yet installed the second, so I'd be skeptical to say they're part of the problem, but I can uninstall them if you still think it could help. Thanks again for the help.
Further update - I’ve also tried being invited to a game by a friend, updating to windows 11, moving my game back to the built in hard drive and disabling all firewall through settings, and again none of which made any difference. There’s an event on the game that I’d like to take part in tomorrow, so if you have any more ideas for me to try before then (short of a clean windows install) then let me know as soon as possible, thanks.
