Certain programs won't access the internet

Sorry to hear. Thanks for the update and be sure to determine how the clean install works before installing any additional software or attaching any additional devices. Waiting to hear how it works out.

Took the opportunity to get a new hard drive while i was at it.
Just performed a clean install and things are working beautifully at the moment. I'm about to manually create a restore point.
All problems are gone. I'm guessing some of the junk I had back from my upgrade was limiting me somehow.


Thanks for everything!