I tried to install PrivateFirewall yesterday and the exact problem happened to me after installation; the PFW GUI locked up stuck in “Office” profile.
What was strange was that the PFW installation when fine. It was only after a couple of subsequent reboots when I was attempting to “train” PFW by opening and closing all my appications, one after another that this PFW GUI probelm occured.
Install was done as recommended; Avast real time shields were turned off along with MBAM Pro real-time protection wihile installation was performed.
I have exclusions for MBAM Pro and Avast from each other. I was not aware of exclusions for PrivateFirewall - please enlighten me. I never had any for Comodo’s firewall when I had that installed for eith Avast or MBAM Pro and Comodo ran fine.
I will probably keep PrivateFirewall off my PC since there appears to be limited support for it. I can’t find a forum for it equal to Avast’s or Comodo’s.
As I use a different firewall (Outpost Firewall Pro), I can only state that I have placed exclusions within it, Avast! & MBAM Pro to prevent any potential conflicts, and have experienced no problems. Perhaps there are other forum members here who are using (or have used), Private Firewall, that can provide better information than I.