[Skwor]

I am having the exact same problem.

I run Kapersky 3.0 pure, Kapersky shows Minion has all required permissions to run and full access through the firewall
Win 7 64 professional and the windows firewall is off.

I installed Minion in its recommended install path. I have uninstalled and deleted Minion and the .minion file twice now.

I have selected Minion to run as administrator - no luck

ESO is installed in my H directory.

.minion#log
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE log SYSTEM "logger.dtd">
<log>
<record>
<date>2014-03-29T14:35:29</date>
<millis>1396118129992</millis>
<sequence>0</sequence>
<logger>com.zam.minion.Minion</logger>
<level>FINE</level>
<class>com.zam.minion.Minion</class>
<method>start</method>
<thread>14</thread>
<message>Font: null</message>
</record>
<record>
<date>2014-03-29T14:35:30</date>
<millis>1396118130515</millis>
<sequence>1</sequence>
<logger>com.zam.minion.controller.MinionController</logger>
<level>FINE</level>
<class>com.zam.minion.controller.MinionController</class>
<method>initWindowControls</method>
<thread>14</thread>
<message>Controls initialized.</message>
</record>
<record>
<date>2014-03-29T14:35:30</date>
<millis>1396118130702</millis>
<sequence>2</sequence>
<logger>org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec</logger>
<level>INFO</level>
<class>org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec</class>
<method>execute</method>
<thread>22</thread>
<message>I/O exception (java.net.SocketException) caught when processing request: Invalid argument: connect</message>
</record>
<record>
<date>2014-03-29T14:35:30</date>
<millis>1396118130703</millis>
<sequence>3</sequence>
<logger>org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec</logger>
<level>INFO</level>
<class>org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec</class>
<method>execute</method>
<thread>22</thread>
<message>Retrying request</message>
</record>
<record>
<date>2014-03-29T14:35:30</date>
<millis>1396118130705</millis>
<sequence>4</sequence>
<logger>org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec</logger>
<level>INFO</level>
<class>org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec</class>
<method>execute</method>
<thread>22</thread>
<message>I/O exception (java.net.SocketException) caught when processing request: Invalid argument: connect</message>
</record>
<record>
<date>2014-03-29T14:35:30</date>
<millis>1396118130705</millis>
<sequence>5</sequence>
<logger>org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec</logger>
<level>INFO</level>
<class>org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec</class>
<method>execute</method>
<thread>22</thread>
<message>Retrying request</message>
</record>
<record>
<date>2014-03-29T14:35:30</date>
<millis>1396118130707</millis>
<sequence>6</sequence>
<logger>org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec</logger>
<level>INFO</level>
<class>org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec</class>
<method>execute</method>
<thread>22</thread>
<message>I/O exception (java.net.SocketException) caught when processing request: Invalid argument: connect</message>
</record>
<record>
<date>2014-03-29T14:35:30</date>
<millis>1396118130707</millis>
<sequence>7</sequence>
<logger>org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec</logger>
<level>INFO</level>
<class>org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec</class>
<method>execute</method>
<thread>22</thread>
<message>Retrying request</message>
</record>

.minion.XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

-<minion>

<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

<build>d374a00ba2b0f591fefa5691e5151774293cb352</build>


-<client>

<concurrent-updates>2</concurrent-updates>

<game-scan-depth>4</game-scan-depth>

</client>


-<user>

<ga-user-id>5e0a5a57-82b7-4d85-9833-84903952e678</ga-user-id>

</user>

</minion>