FlashFXP won't even TRY to connect b4 giving me an Error

[Rayearth]

Everytime i try to connect to anything on with flash i get this error:

Connecting to Adobe
Connection failed (10061:Connection refused)

Connecting to American Online
Connection failed (10061:Connection refused)

Connecting to Intel
Connection failed (10061:Connection refused)

Connecting to Microsoft
Connection failed (10061:Connection refused)

Connecting to Netscape
Connection failed (10061:Connection refused)

this happens everytime regardless if the ftp is up or down... i know this for sure because i tried connecting to my ftp which was up @ the time... i sucessfully connected on a different ftp client

all passive/firewall settings are fine...

im running windows XP home ed.. (don't laugh LOL)
and FlashFXP 1.4.3, and i have tried older versions of Flash all with the same error. flash worked fine for me before on other operating systems... any ideas? please help!

-Rayearth ^_^
(yeah i got off hentai... SO! )