I re-installed 96.1.

After starting up bitcoin core I start armory and it starts up quickly (I don't see armorydb... it runs in the background now? )

In the bottom right it shows as connected and with the proper block count, but the color is purple and saying "RPC disabled!".

I have this in my bitcoin.conf file: server=1
and it is in the 'Bitcoin Home Dir' pointed to in Armory's settings.