sorry, i dont know how to turn off auto management. i searched, but to no avail. wasnt being, lazy 
In Armory: File > Settings.On the general tab, uncheck "Let Armory run Bitcoin Core/bitcoind in the background". Then save.
Close down Armory. Check Task manager and kill bitcoind or armorydb if they are there.
Start up C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe
Any error messages? Is it catching up?
did this, got no error messages when starting core and its all caught up.
should i try and import the WO wallet now?