Okay, I did what you said. I'm not seeing any server busy notices yet, but the taskbar still froze as soon as I attempted to open my documents, and Mozilla wouldn't open.

It didn't seem NEARLY as sluggish opening Windows as it did previously, though.

Then, when I shut down ( which I had to do manually), I got a "tcsd_win32.exe" application error.

I thought that might have had to do with some non-essential system32 files I'd removed from startup, so I replaced them and rebooted again.

I tried loading Mozilla again, and no dice. I can open IE, but it continually says, "connecting," and when I try searching for anything in the search bar, it gives me that, "OH NO YOU DON'T" Windows gong. My internet connection is just fine, 'cause I can log on to gTalk.

After about ten minutes of various navigating, I got the "sever busy" window pop-up after opening QuickBooks.

Weird, huh?