Just to clarify, what's working for me is not to bypass the firewall, but rather to switch off "real time protection" in Virus and Threat protection settings. This is a different section than the firewall settings in windows. I realize we may be all talking about the same thing-just making sure. I just tested it again-SAS first loaded with the usual error. I exited, turned off real time protection, and it started normally. This has worked 100% of the time for two weeks. However, of course it's always the case that individual systems might produce different results. And I have no doubt it might stop working for me as well.
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