Abbas,
I am assuming you are running Windows XP, and the firewall is Microsoft
Windows Firewall. With that being said, here is the process to fix this:
1) log onto the Windows XP workstation as an administrator
2) Open up a command prompt and type the following "netsh winsock reset"
(without the quotes)
Reply back if that does not work for you.
-steve
Steve Dodson [MSFT]
MCSE, CISSP
PSS Security
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