I downloaded Security Task Manager and I found a file that had the 'elite' prefix, I quarantined it, and nothing happened. A few days later, I tried Mount & Blade and it worked! I expect this is because I had to restart the computer or something. Anyway I recommend finding these 'elite' files and seeing why they conflict with the game.
BTW great game!
BTW again I also only had 1 thread and didn't have Tiny Personal Firewall.