Update: I wanted to let everybody know all of the above issues I had are fixed. :D I really believe it was a driver issue. I unchecked everything except TonPort in the list and everything works: The Pod Farm stand alones 1.12 and 2.57-and their VST DAW versions. The Gearbox stand alone and it's VST. The Monkey has all green checks. The odity is the driver section. It reads: Installed 4.2.7.2 Newest 4.2.7.1.
Hope this helps someone-or gives you something to laugh at!!