hey boss
DeadlyForce and i just had a private chat for a bit. I confirmed that his username/pw is correct (i logged into one of my hb's w/ his info)... its something on his computer that is blocking HB program (he can log into hbauth.gatherbuddy.de). we went through many steps and i am at a loss

he has windows firewall disabled, uninstalled all other virus protection, disabled services, etc.
still failed on his end. his UAC is disabled... right click on hb --> properties the "run as admin" is greyed out (since no uac, this is greyed out)
he's running windows vista
i had him download/install ZoneAlarm b/c this has helped me situate programs that need internet access (like torrents, limewire, etc)
Note: i assume he was running the hb client as i asked him what processes were running in taskmgr.exe and he listed explorer, firefox, honorbuddy ...
i had him open msconfig, the only startup thing was a rundll, i had him disable that as well :\