Horrible issues after update

I use Win Vista under UAC.

-Yesterday I was notified by Comodo Firewall of a new update. I approved it, the system asked for an administrator password, I keyed it in, and apparently the update took place. Restarted the system and everything OK.
-This morning I was notified by Comodo there was an available update AGAIN. Followed the above steps and everything was messed up:

My previous configuration is gone. Everything’s blocked and my custom policies are lost.
If I open the firewall’s main window it freezes 90% of the time.

-Out of desperation I logged in as administrator and checked for Comodo updates. THERE WAS ONE AVAILABLE AGAIN. Installed it but nothing’s improved, same old c…

HELP PLEASE!!!