I did it!! I gave up and reinstalled XPMode. Not proud as I really wanted to figure it out but thats Life. Everything is working fine and hope it will continue to do so.

I have reinstalled Avast! on my new XPMode and enabled the Windows Firewall. What is my risk in not having a third party firewall? I do NOT want to go through all this again even if I do now know the password.? Any other suggestions if my protection is not enough?
Thanks, Toni