I added the nodes from  ciklop1974's post but only ever seemed to get 1 connection. heres my getpeerinfo


10:58:39

getpeerinfo


10:58:39

[
{
"addr" : "95.85.5.8",
"services" : "00000000",
"lastsend" : 0,
"lastrecv" : 0,
"conntime" : 1426330714,
"version" : 0,
"subver" : "",
"inbound" : false,
"releasetime" : 0,
"startingheight" : -1,
"banscore" : 0
}
]


once again i left it all night and it didnt update a single block.

I checked the debug file and i seem to be getting "socket select error 10038" showing up multiple times every second. So i assume this is the cause of my issue, the only problem is i havent a clue how to resolve it.

if anyone has seen this behavior before please let me know. I spent a long time trying to aquire the coins and it will be a kick in the teeth to lose them because of a unexplained error.

thanks again for any help offered :-)

All the best

lone