HELP Can't connect to flash rom.

[snowboarderdude]

I'm using windows vista home premium 32 bit. I have downloaded BuildOS and run the updater. I flashed the stock wm5 rom back onto my 6700 using this computer the other day.
Here's what I did. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
I put my phone in bootloader mode, i'm not running as admin (I don't think, i am logged into windows as another user...is that what it means not to run as admin or is there something in BuildOS that I have to choose), i turned off connections in WMDC, cooked the rom, and then turned connections back on before flashing it. I'm getting a connection error 101.