LJ clients and proxy settings

I am seriously getting pissed! I use Semagic as a client to update my LJ and every time I try to log on to update I get this little annoying error stating that it can't connect to the server and to try again later. This bloody thing has been telling me to try again later for two days now! I tried the proxy setting solution which did shit. I've had my proxy settings set for a year now and, according to my ISP, they haven't changed. I've tried downloading some of the other clients only to find myself running into the same problem all over again. As a last resort I posed a question in the support section and their solution is that it is likely my proxy settings have changed with my ISP and I have to enter the new setting. Well, nuh-uh. You'd think that they'd have some other things I could try but they're not exactly being forthcoming in the solution department. One useless response and that's all she wrote kiddies. I guess I'm shit out of luck until the problem fixes itself or someone grabs a clue 'cause I've done all I can do on my end.*Edited to add:* So I guess the problem does have something to do with my proxy settings. My MSN messenger isn't working either. I'm going to have to call my ISP today and get this straitened out. I don't have a clue as to why this has happened. IE won't even automatically detect my proxy settings anymore so I'll have to get them and enter them manually. What a pain in the ass.