NIS 2014 Blocking Internet Access and Error Activating on Windows 7

I have a laptop and a custom built desktop PC both with Windows 7 Ultimate x64. When I install NIS on my laptop it blocks all of the internet access. I couldn't even run the Norton Removal Tool without going into safe mode with networking. I tried disabling the firewall, autoprotect, and every other setting I could. I have made sure that Windows Firewall is disabled. I used to have NIS working on my laptop but I didn't use it for a long time. When I started using my laptop again I used Norton Live Update and it started blocking the internet some time after that.

 

I just did a fresh install of Windows on my desktop PC onto a SSD. The only things I have installed on my desktop PC so far is Google Chrome and all the Windows updates. When I open NIS it tries to activate and gets an error. When I follow the link given with the error it says to use the Removal Tool and reinstall NIS. I have tried reinstalling it several times and it always does this. I have also tried logging in to my Norton account from NIS and it fails every time. I have tried restarting my PC several times but it still will not activate or let me log in. I have disabled all of the settings I could in NIS but nothing helps. 

 

This is getting really frustrating. I have been using NIS for several years and never had this much trouble.