Documents not Opening, No connectivity with the server

Morning,
Strange problem we are encountering that seems to be with a specific image build we have of Windows 7 Enterprise x64, with and without Service Pack 1 using IE8 x32 and Office 2010 x64.  When we try to open Word, Excel, or specifically PowerPoint documents
on our new SharePoint 2010 server we get the following error: No connectivity with the server.
Here is a JPG of the error message:
http://www.gofsj.com/fsj/uploads/caa612c339cccaf12448e34a65c83d7d_erroropeningdocument.jpg
A "normal" install of Windows 7 Enterprise x64, with no custom configuration (but getting the domain group policies) can view the files on SharePoint 2010, no problems.  Unfortunately, we've already deployed the "odd" image out to 50+
machines.
We have tried resetting Internet Explorer, uninstalling Office 2010 x64 and installing Office 2010 x32 with no luck. 
What is really going on?  Is it a SharePoint plugin that isn't installed?  Is it Internet Explorer isn't configured correctly, or has DLLs that aren't registered?  Or something with Office 2010?  Is there a way to capture more than this
Error Message?  This is what pretty much stamps in the Event Viewer too...

This may be related to the Network and Sharing Center stating the computer is not connected to any network, and the Windows Firewall stating it is on a Public Network.  Even though the machine is connected and running on the LAN.
I added SERVICE with full control (and pushed it down to registry subkeys) on HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList.  Then I Enabled/Disabled the LAN Adapter.  Could also reboot, or physically unplug the cable.  Not
sure if restarting a specific service would accomplish the same thing or not.
In the Network and Sharing Center it came up as on the domain.  Windows Firewall came up as being on a Domain.  And I was able to open PowerPoint and Excel documents on the SharePoint site. 
So for now, looks like this is fixed.

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    M  *  LINE        10354
    M  *  COUNTER     1
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    M  *  RC          13
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    M  *  LINE        10354
    M  *  COUNTER     1
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