Screwt!
Oh well; just bought a new PICKIT3. Something really bugs me about buying a new $50 thing to replace a $200 thing, when the only thing wrong is software. (config files, drivers, etc). After reading a big long thread about these problems (which weren't fixed, apparently with the ICD3) it seems not worth the time to fix it.
I'm going out to the shop to pound on some metal.
- E*clipse