Ok took a LONG time searching Microsoft's forums but I found it. The Winsock got screwed up. The fix is as follows incase anyone else has this issue. 1. Click Start , type cmd in the Start Search text box, and then press ENTER. 2. Type the following command, and then press ENTER: netsh winsock reset 3. Restart the computer."" NOTE: Must use cmd as admin Hope this can help someone. After a bit of searching I found the problem many times but only one post with a solution that does not involve a clean install of Vista.

So what was the problem that you were having?