XYZware issues

So I'm having a couple issues that if I cannot get fixed I will be going repetier.

1. Every since I downgraded to 1.1.J and blocked XYZware in the fireware, my PC's XYZware won't connect to it. I can see it listed in the comm ports as the printed, and I can turn the screen on/off with arduino, but the software will not let me print. I've tried uninstalling, reinstalling, going back a couple versions, nothing. My mac still connects just fine and allows me to print like normal.

2. The rafting for my parts only covers half the part about 50% of the time (picture attached). Again uninstall, reinstall, no change. This happened before my downgrade too but does not happen everytime, it seems it is mainly pieces with larger dimensions. Normally deleting the part and importing again fixes it (but this gets annoying when I have 5+ objects on the same bed)