GBPVR stuck in sleep mode

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Like an idiot, I enabled Vista firewall despite the fact that I have the Semantec Endpoint Security firewall running. I allowed application specific rules to pass and selected gbpvr.exe, the recording service, and I think epg update. When I tested gbpvr, nothing worked. It did work previous to the firewall changes.

I realized I was just being paranoid and trusted the SEP firewall to do its job, so I turned the Vista firewall off in admin tools (same way I turned it on). GBPVR still didn't work. The inbound rules I created were not there, which is strange, but the firewall is off so it shouldn't matter. I checked firewall in control panel and it is indeed off. (control panel is the dummied down version)

I re-started the gbpvr recording service. No go.
When I chose quick record, the recording service stays asleep. However, it does create a folder, it just never starts to record. I can update the EPG with no problem.

I went as far as to do a system restore to last night when all was good. no go, same as above. I removed GBPVR and re-installed, no go. I still just creates a folder where my recordings are, but never records.

Any suggestions?

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nevermind. I fixed it
I should have known the firewall has nothing to do with gbpvr running and that coincidence doesn't prove causation.

I remembered that earlier in the week I disabled Ati Unified AV stream driver because the windows update makes it appear as a removable USB device, which I hate. Once I re-enabled it, all is good...except I still have the annoying removable usb device icon in my tray.