Global queue stays idle forever

Hi,

I just downloaded SmartFTP 1.1.985 today and cannot get global queues to work for upload
I followed the procedure described in the tutorial to the letter.
The files are all sitting in the global queue, but it shows the connection as being "idle" and never starts the transfer. I looked at the forum and uninstalled MS Hotfix KB893066 as suggested in one of the threads. But that does not help either :-(
I am running Win-XP SP2.

Can someone help please?