it's now been over 1.5 hour since i delete the files in appdata while keeping the wallet and conf.
still, 0 active connections.
conf has the nodes from op.
I had the same 0 connection problem on 4 different PC's...here's what worked for me:
Edit your Dreamcoin.conf and REMOVE ALL of the OP's addnode entries EXCEPT addnode=107.170.234.82
Save your Dreamcoin.conf to the same folder that your dreamcoin-qt.exe is in...
Delete everything EXCEPT your wallet from your AppData\Roaming\Dreamcoin folder...
Now start your dreamcoin-qt.exe and you should have connections...
Good luck.