Hi Nicholas,
Does this not work?
Nothing else was really mentioned in the update from the developer. There is a workaround which is to disable the collector if you cannot upgrade to SP9 at the time. Please keep in mind that when you do upgrade to SP9, you must re-enable the collector.
Disable:
update _sys_statistics.statistics_schedule set status = 'Inactive' where id = 5034;
Re-Enable:
update _sys_statistics.statistics_schedule set status = 'Idle' where id = 5034;