...when I try to get to one of the sites to register my port (otherwise it will be shut off, don't ask me why), IE just closes with no error.
It may well be aJava error. Microsoft's Java Virual Machine (JVM) is known for causing no end of problems. Go to http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html and get the JAVA Runtime Environment for Java language support. The Windows installation is mid-page (scroll down). It can't hurt, and it may help.
You may also want to go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and make sure that you are up-to-date.
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