Or maybe a Windows update changed wininet.dll.
Well, then there would be others wouldn't there, althrough you could be right somehow.
Anyway, I just started DB on a litle older computer.
It gets some errors on startup.
Every minute you hear the harddisk making a sound like ,tic ,tic ,tic. Including the install.
The screen flikkers somewhat.
It starts up DB and IM just fine. First after starting nothing teleported in anyhow. If I create a sim and start it, I suddenly get 9 sims connected. It works on a old one why doesn't it work on the newer computer. I have put the computer off after, I don't trust the ticking.
So it isn't the server, neather the modem, probably something on windows. Lets search.