HEEELLLLPPPPPP!!!! please somebody give me an answer...I've spent the last three days trying to get it working...nothing will work...I've gone through and cleaned my entire registry of any reference to old spyware..I've cleaned my computer heaps..reset IE settings and made sure it was online...reinstalled latest version of GE and still no win..

the message is:

We were unable to connect to the Google Earth servers to activate your account. Please verify that your internet connection is working properly and retry your account activation
for more information visit
Error Code: c000000b

http:///earth.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=20717


arrrgghhh....nothing will work...I cant find any active firewalls preventing anything...no anti-popup programs !!!

(also can't login to google talk...could this be related????????)