Red ochre: The font I needed to use was used on AndrewDavid's first reply to this topic, showing that it does work one way or the other, so I don't believe that could be an issue. But I could be wrong. As for your suggestion, I will first try my reply to AndrewDavid (shown below), then yours.
AndrewDavid: Well honestly, that is strange.
Given the evidence, I will try this:
Use Windows 8 on my second hard drive and try it again.
If it still fails, I will try the 64-bit version and try it again.
If it fails again, I'm at a loss.