Homeport cannot automatically update software to 2.1.1.0

I just purchased a SD card with Homeport 2.1.0 (from West Marine). I installed the software on my computer running Microsoft XP. When I try to lauch HomePort, a small pop-up window that states "contacting garmin servers ..." this pop-up window is immediately replaced with another pop-up window that has a Title Block "Error Detected" and below the title block says "A newer version of HomePoer (2.1.1.0) is available for download. Please download the laterst version" I click the "OK" botton in the pop-up window and nothing happens. I also tried this with the Firewall turned off and got the same results.