I just tried this and restarted and we are at about 120 seconds and it is just as dead as before.
Do the devs realize it cannot go live on an exchange in this state?
The devs probably think you are a twit suggesting that, I certainly do. The client works fine, there are over 700 people mining atm, and I bet most have wallets as there are no exchanges to keep your coins on.
If there was a problem with the Windows client it would have been all over the forums minutes after the launch not a week after.