Sorry my replies have become far and few in between. XP But no, I'm afraid. I even tried the same thing with the update.txt file and still the same thing.
I'm wondering particularly about that error line it keeps popping up, about how the target machine is actively refusing whatever it's trying to do... I've tried running the game as an administrator, but I'm afraid the results have been the same... I wonder if there would be a way into 'tricking' my computer into thinking the game as downloaded and/or finished whatever it's trying to do properly when it actually hasn't...