it shouldn't break VC or OV at all, because programatically creating PSTs was allowed
the one that had an impact for a short while with OV and VC was the PSTDisableGrow, though with the newer clients and new reg keys and an MS hotfix, you were able ...
i think its more of a time out issue than a permissions issue tbh, but thats just me
SQL Reporting is so unneedlessly slow, not an EV problem at all, just a strangely slow architected product from MS
Yup, if it just hangs there and not coming back, it usually means theres a communication error, either it can't ping the server, or like Liam said, you're not specifying the right instance, or it isn't accepting remote connections etc
you could poss...