Cannot create Subscription in Event Log Forwarder for Windows

I found other THWACK posts about this software where several users were having issues.  For example:

Re: Event Log Forwarder - Where is the Audit Failure Type?

And some suggestions were to use the older version 1.9 as version 1.2 was buggy

So I tried version 1.9 and then keep getting this error every time I try and create a subscription and select the Security log:

      The event subscription is either too complex, or invalid

     [15001] The specified query is invalid

I found this support article referencing this error:

Invalid subscription when setting up Log Forwarder - SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. Help and Support

Its resolution is to change the account used by the SolarWinds Log Forwarder to a domain account with administrative permissions.

-- so I tried changing the LogForwarder service to run as a domain account with admin permissions and still get same error

-- I also tried running the LogForwarder client GUI as administrator but still get same error.

At this point I have wasted 2 days trying to get this buggy software to send my Security Event Logs from my Windows 2008 domain controller over to the Kiwi Syslog server running on another Windows 2008 server.

!!!! SolarWinds should be ashamed of themselves for releasing such a crappy software and not supporting it because it is a free version !!!!

In the other support article I posted above the SolarWinds product manager (bshopp) said:

                                               bshopp                    Apr 14, 2015 4:59 PM                                     (in response to ckjtrollen)                     

     Great that they said that to you, but I am the Product Manager for this and since Log Forwarder comes with Syslog, I get to make the call on if we fix it or      not.  Can you send me the ticket number and I will look into this on my side.

But as you scroll down you see this issue was never resolved and one of the lasts posts was to use version 1.9 which does not work as well.    

I found other THWACK posts about this software where several users were having issues.  For example:

Re: Event Log Forwarder - Where is the Audit Failure Type?

And some suggestions were to use the older version 1.9 as version 1.2 was buggy

So I tried version 1.9 and then keep getting this error every time I try and create a subscription and select the Security log:

      The event subscription is either too complex, or invalid

     [15001] The specified query is invalid

I found this support article referencing this error:

Invalid subscription when setting up Log Forwarder - SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. Help and Support

Its resolution is to change the account used by the SolarWinds Log Forwarder to a domain account with administrative permissions.

-- so I tried changing the LogForwarder service to run as a domain account with admin permissions and still get same error

-- I also tried running the LogForwarder client GUI as administrator but still get same error.

At this point I have wasted 2 days trying to get this buggy software to send my Security Event Logs from my Windows 2008 domain controller over to the Kiwi Syslog server running on another Windows 2008 server.

!!!! SolarWinds should be ashamed of themselves for releasing such a crappy software and not supporting it because it is a free version !!!!

In the other support article I posted above the SolarWinds product manager (bshopp) said:

                                               bshopp                    Apr 14, 2015 4:59 PM                                     (in response to ckjtrollen)                     

     Great that they said that to you, but I am the Product Manager for this and since Log Forwarder comes with Syslog, I get to make the call on if we fix it or      not.  Can you send me the ticket number and I will look into this on my side.

But as you scroll down you see this issue was never resolved and one of the lasts posts was to use version 1.9 which does not work as well.