well, the deeper i dig, the bigger the problem gets. Now, my port fowarding is not working. I have a non-standard port redirected to 3389 for remote into my workstation. However, since all this has happened, it no longer works. I've tried removing the rule and adding it again, but i still can't connect from outside.
I know i could probably do a reinstall and start over, but i've installed and configured so many things, it would take me a month to redo everything. If someone could help me trace this down, i would be forever grateful.
Thanks,
BigPoppa