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The system says: Verify you Firewall Settings The setting for a rule must be changed if you want to allow this traffic.
Does anybody know what setting they are talking about? I would like to change the setting but I do not know which setting and where do I change it.
Only hint that came with the message is : Port Scanning Prevention Filter
Help anybody???

Control Panel > Security >Allow a program through Windows Firewall
I think that's what you want.
"Luis E" wrote:

The system says: Verify you Firewall Settings The setting for a rule must be changed if you want to allow this traffic.
Does anybody know what setting they are talking about? I would like to change the setting but I do not know which setting and where do I change it.
Only hint that came with the message is : Port Scanning Prevention Filter
Help anybody???

I need to know which program to allow thru the firewall.
I already have used that screen and I even added MS Explorer to the list but I still need to allow a specific program. I do not know which one and there is no documentation to follow.
"Kansas John" wrote:

Control Panel > Security >Allow a program through Windows Firewall
I think that's what you want.
"Luis E" wrote:
The system says: Verify you Firewall Settings The setting for a rule must be changed if you want to allow this traffic.
Does anybody know what setting they are talking about? I would like to change the setting but I do not know which setting and where do I change it.
Only hint that came with the message is : Port Scanning Prevention Filter
Help anybody???

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Only hint that came with the message is : Port Scanning Prevention Filter
Help anybody???

Hello,
This sounds like Windows is blocking a port scanning attempt, which is where an attacker tries to connect to your computer many times to see what programs you are running.
Unless this is causing a program to function incorrectly, then there is no reason to disable this behavior.
- JB

Thanks Jimmy and John. I was able to resolve the problem in my system and as it turns out, it was not a problem with Windows Vista. In my other computers on the network (3 units) I use ZoneAlarm Firewall. I had to implicitely define the Trusted Zone in those computers. Then everything works and I can share files and printers accross the entire four computer network. Two are wireless. I also had to define the trusted zone in Norton Internet Security in my new Dell XPS 600 system and in the Trend Micro Firewall in my Pentium III "Research" computer running Vista and Office Pro 2007. Again, thanks for your interest in this problem.
"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

snip Only hint that came with the message is : Port Scanning Prevention Filter
Help anybody???
Hello,
This sounds like Windows is blocking a port scanning attempt, which is where an attacker tries to connect to your computer many times to see what programs you are running.
Unless this is causing a program to function incorrectly, then there is no reason to disable this behavior.
- JB