Hi
That would probably work, it's just not worth it at this point.
I have over 90 software programs installed and I can live without the firewall.
I'm hoping that when Windows Blue comes along that it will solve the problem when I install it.
At that point I may have to reinstall everything depending on how the upgrade process works.
I'm hoping that I can dual boot Blue and Windows 8 and then just transition from one to the other as I did with Windows 7 and 8 on my old computer.
I suspect that what caused it to stop working was when I installed Net Framework 1.1 which I need for software that I'm running.
I'm afraid that I'd go through the whole thing and have it do the same thing again.
When the time comes I'll have to make the decision as to whether I'll do that again or not.
So for now I'll just have to live with it.
It kind of gives "Go Blue" a new meaning. LOL
Mike