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Hello, I've experienced the identical problem (although the list of disabled components was slightly different because of the configuration I use). The problem appears to be caused by an update published today which should have, but didn't prompt for a re-boot. Note that this update was not flagged as a software update, it was one of the regular definition updates (version 17097 to 17083) or some component update delivered with these. The problem disappears if the computer is re-started. The really crazy part is that, depending on where I looked, the ESET software gave conflicting opinions as to whether there was a problem. For example: Inserting a CD/DVD brings up the usual scan-on-demand window which showed the problem. The configuration screens in Set-up showed no problems.

No, you are not the only one: If you use HIPS in Interactive Mode, the Configure rules section is unusable because the rules are not sorted in any way, nor can they be sorted. This is crucial functionality which has been removed - it makes a lot of sense to remove the permissions for old versions of accident-prone software such as Java and FlashPlayer. The Banking and Payment Protection element is worthless if you never use Internet Explorer.