I notice your build number for minion in the xml file is different even though it still says 2.0. I just downloaded mine last night from
http://www.esohead.com/ instead of from esoui and I also have win 7 64bit and Kaspersky (similar setup) so maybe they have a more recent build that isn't notated int he version number? I think it also updated when i first launched it. Maybe try dl'g straight from them.