ICF prevents Xp from seeing Win 98 shared folders

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David C. Jordan

I have 3 XP machines that access a Win98 P2P computer for
sharing Word & Excel files. If I turn ON ICF, upon boot,
NONE of them can read the shared folders on the Win98
machine. As soon as I turn it OFF, the XP's can see the
Win98.

Right now I am booting with ICF OFF, then IMMEDIATELY
turning it ON while working THEN turning it OFF upon
shutdown - kind of a pain.

It appears one of the machine (XP's) have a trojan - if I
don't turn ICF ON - sooner or later of network crashes as
soon as the trojan hijacks the internet connection.

So, how do I get XP ICF to work with a Win98 file sharing
machine?

THANKS!
 
You need to config ICF to allow port 445. The article should help.
308127 How to Manually Open Ports in Internet Connection Firewall in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308127

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