[Sake Blok <sake@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:34:49AM -0500, staedtlerx wrote:
>    I'd like to outline steps I've already taken, in order to clear up any
>    confusion (please also see update below):
[...]
>    - disable all firewalls and security software

One last thing you could do *before* reinstalling Windows, is to not
just *disable* all firewalls and security software, but to uninstall
them completely, then test, and then install them one by one to see
which one is causing havoc (assuming all  is well, when you removed
them).

Cheers,
    Sake