@Lta, I would try the following: uninstall cpai, delet the codeproject install directory, shutdown BI service, reboot, reinstall CPAI, set BI service to "delayed start", then restart BI service.
@MikeR33, do you have windows services configured so the BI service has a "delayed startup"? I battled with similar problems for a while until I did that. Since switching BI to delayed startup, I've done a few BI updates, CPAI from 2.0.7 to 2.0.8, and numerous reboots... without any Ai issues (including ALPR). Note, I had to reconfigure delayed startup after updating BI... it resets default after upgrading. Not sure if they'll fix the underlying problem, or change the default startup behavior, but either way... would be nice to no longer have to worry about this.