I would still be tempted to give Sygate another go, Dave. It could have just been a glitch, or a bad installation. They do advise, on their forums, to shut everything else down, before installing Sygate, especially any anti-virus software. As I said before, I've recommended it to a few people on here, and no one else seems to have had any trouble.
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