Well, I guess I'll have to settle my grudges another time... I didn't manage to actually PLAY tonight (technical difficulties) but at least everything got sorted out to the point where I can get onto Skype, got my team built and loaded and everything patched up. (Basically, the key to getting everything working seemed to be, quit out of all protection applications. Go Windows.)
I'm pretty free tomorrow night, especially from 7:00-9:30. And have a lot of free time this weekend.