Update: Despite opening the firewall ports and then turning off the firewall completely, still couldn't get the connector to download from the server. In frustration, I disabled the entire security suite on the PC and was able to download 100% however, the installation failed with the following message:
Error 2738. Could not access VBscript Runtime for custom action.
I had previously received the same error message when uninstalling the MSS prior to the Restore. Now trying to troubleshoot this error. So far the fix mentioned here
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8214didn't work and have moved onto the Microsoft recommendations here
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... 8a46653083So far, no luck with the MS steps either. Next I will try a restore to an earlier point to see if the error can be made to disappear.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Mike