I try to start up honorbuddy and have a Authentication Fail before it even gets to the point where I put in my code. Last time I used it which was about 4 months ago it worked fine. tried a fresh install 3 times same result.
download and install this. http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/E/6/2E61CFA4-993B-4DD4-91DA-3737CD5CD6E3/vcredist_x86.exe after your done restart your pc.