OMG YES
 

FINALLY. After fiddling about, I realized I had to turn my wifi off. It just worked. Bada bang, bada boom. I am a happy camper.:)

Thanks! Kinda weird that I just turned my wifi off and it worked...

The Wifi switch being the solution makes absolutely no sense at all. You sure your pc shouldn't still be in sickbay?

Either that's a pure coincidence or most likely a driver issue. If your wifi is built into your motherboard, be sure and update all drivers with the most recent directly from the manufacturer.