edit: looks like 4.9a fixed my issues   

Wallet 4.9, Windows 8.1, won't connect to network
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  "blockchain_head_block_num": 321978,
  "blockchain_head_block_age": "52 hours old",
  "blockchain_head_block_timestamp": "2014-08-26T14:16:50",
  "blockchain_average_delegate_participation": "0.54 %",
  "blockchain_confirmation_requirement": 1,
  "blockchain_accumulated_fees": "165,130.24441 BTSX",
  "blockchain_delegate_pay_rate": "1.36516 BTSX",
  "blockchain_share_supply": "1,999,935,452.70804 BTSX",
  "blockchain_blocks_left_in_round": 10,
  "blockchain_next_round_time": "at least 2 minutes in the future",
  "blockchain_next_round_timestamp": "2014-08-28T18:12:20",
  "blockchain_random_seed": "a728665aa43b77b4a2dee68fd3085a51cb00005e",
  "client_data_dir": "C:/Users/shane/AppData/Roaming/BITSHA~2",
  "client_version": "0.4.9",
  "network_num_connections": 0,
  "network_num_connections_max": 100,
  "ntp_time": "2014-08-28T18:10:44",
  "ntp_time_error": 2.701765,
  "wallet_open": true,
  "wallet_unlocked": true,
  "wallet_unlocked_until": "12 days in the future",
  "wallet_unlocked_until_timestamp": "2014-09-09T07:52:39",
  "wallet_last_scanned_block_timestamp": null,
  "wallet_scan_progress": "? %",
  "wallet_block_production_enabled": false,
  "wallet_next_block_production_time": null,
  "wallet_next_block_production_timestamp": null
}