Quote from: nomnomnom on December 20, 2012, 03:12:12 AM

Looks like you run windows, so open a terminal go to the bitcoin folder, and then
start it like this:

bitcoin-qt.exe -connect=50.16.70.150

with that it only connects to the ip you give it.

Or use a light client like electrum or multibit...

Thanks for the tip, but what IP address should I use then? I don't understand the purpose of the workaround...?

The client is still stuck and no amount of rebooting the client seems to remove it.

If I as an ex developer and now IT project manager can't cross the technical threshold for this software than honestly I don't know...
I really wanted to use Bitcoin, but I have only so much patience, faith and time .....

Reminds me of when I wanted to recycle my rubbish after just moving to the UK, but found it just wasn't feasible back then. I had to reluctantly throw away my aluminium cans and batteries. In this case Return to Evil Paypal, Mastercard & co.