Okay, I deleted everything but the wallet.dat and dowloaded again, making sure bootstrap box was checked..... Still stuck trying to sync with 1000+ blocks remaining. FYI, I'm using the Windows download. Any suggestions, or should I just wait until the smoke clears and see what devs have to say once they get a better handle on this?
Yeah, dev's just announced a new wallet coming through the pipeline today. I think Linux compiles first, then Windows and Mac. Stay tuned.