as I have said before if you are stuck then get support instead of ranting frustration it does not get us anywhere in helping you, which them just leads to more furstration for all concerned.
The win8 issue is not a mitras issue however if you join the support forum then you can get access to the latest patches which are not available here, until then its hard to give proper support.
please join
www.profiluxsupport.com then we can help you out and get up and running.
But yes win8 is a PITA and I doubt 8.1 will be much better, I cnat even get my sony camera to connect through it.