Greetings Joe,
If you mean the Internet Connection Firewall in Windows XP, you can configure it to allow you
to send files. To do so, click Start, then click the Control Panel. If you're in category
view click Network and Internet connections then click Network Connections. Right click
your connection, then click Properties. For cable modem/broadband users, your connection will
usually be called Local Area Connection. For dialup, it should be the name of your Internet
Service Provider. Click the Advanced Tab, verify the Internet Connection Firewall is turned
on (or turn it off here, and don't bother configuring it). Then click the Settings tab.
Click the add button and then in the Service Settings, type in the following information.
For Description enter MSN Connection for Name or IP address enter 127.0.0.1, for both
External and Internal ports enter 1863. Verify TCP is selected and click OK. Now you need to
repeat the last step but changing the ports to 5060, 1503, 6891, 6892, 6893, 6894, 6895,
6896, 6897, 6898, 6899, 6900. Yes, 13 (including the first one) will now be selected.
Then click the 'Remote Desktop' entry (that was there before you started) and click Edit.
Enter 127.0.0.1 as the IP, and click OK (can't change anything else). Make sure all 14 (the
13 you added + Remote Desktop) connections are selected then click OK. For screenshots on
this procedure, see
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=16
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