I was able to get it started by going to my device manager and starting my "Microsoft Network Hosted Virtual Adapter". Don't know why it was turned off.
This was after a number of uninstall/restart attempts.
After that, I was good to go
btw - this was on windows 8. no idea about win 7
This was after a number of uninstall/restart attempts.
After that, I was good to go
btw - this was on windows 8. no idea about win 7