I can't solo mine in GUIMiner?

[epicCreations.org]

Ok, I realize that it's stupid to solo mine like this, but I just want to know why it doesn't work now, in the case that I decide to solo mine later. But I can't get GUIMiner to let me mine at all.

I set the username and password beforehand, as well as set the bitcoin client path and launched it as a server.

These are my settings in GUIMiner
host: localhost
port: 8332
username: (hidden)
password: (hidden)
extra flags: no
using CUDA CPU miner to test it out. (kidding, I don't actually have a GPU )

[vertygo]

Did you let it download the entire block chain ? check the count here: http://blockexplorer.com/q/getblockcount

and check it against the number on your GUIMiner interface (bottom... right corner?)

[epicCreations.org]

It says "Connecting..." and never updates. I've left it overnight and it hasn't changed. Before it gave this error: "Error 80072EFD:  A connection with the server could not be established" but now it doesn't give any error at all. It just sits there.

[vertygo]

I'm pretty sure that's what I saw, before I realized it needed to download the entire chain. Might also be a windows/router block issue as well.