Lori said:
No I do not have a third party firewall or security solution
installed.
Lori, you will really have to provide more information about your system
if you want to get help. You haven't told us anything about your
computer, what software is running (antivirus program, antispyware
program, etc.), if the firewall ever worked and if it did, what
changed.
Go here to get help in making a good post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
Then do come back and repost with all necessary details. There are lots
of people reading this newsgroup who want to help you (like me), but
you have to give us something with which to work.
In the meantime, here are a few links that may help:
FIREWALL DEAD, or other network issues:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892350
MS antispyware tool disables Windows Firewall (or to reset firewall):
Start>Run cmd [enter]
netsh winsock reset catalog [enter]
Follow prompts and reboot.
Malke
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