Rock

"KristleBawl" <kristlebawl@hotmail.com> wrote
> If you have a physical firewall with your router then the software
> firewall needs to be turned off, because two firewalls will not work well
> together.

> "Hunter James" <HunterJames@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> Thank you, Frank Bright, for you respond. My problem was dowloading from
>> hp.com. I have solved the problem .
>> I found out that my DSL router also as a firewall with it. What I did was
>> go
>> to that router firewall and lower the setting from medium to low. Now I
>> can
>> download from hp.com. With all the experts I talked to no one of them
>> thought
>> of this. With this computer, with Vista and the last computer with XP,
>> the
>> people I sugggest you stay away from is HP support group. All caused me,
>> with
>> both computers to have to go into full recovery and solve nothhing.
>> Thank you
>> --
>> Love For All
>>
>>
>> "Frank Bright" wrote:
>>
>>> I may have misunderstood your post. If you were trying to download
>>> updates
>>> from HP.com, that is certainly different than dealing with the HP Update
>>> program. In fact, you may want to give the HP Update program a try if
>>> nothing else works.
>>>
>>> Good Luck, Frank B.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Hunter James" <HunterJames@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:E934AEFB-14BA-41F9-8AA4-5C9D225F1EA9@microsoft.com...
>>> >I have a new computer, HP Pavilion MediaCenter TV PC. with
>>> > Windows Vista Home Premium
>>> > When I try to download updates from Hp.com update site, I can't
>>> > download
>>> > nothing. All I get is a page that said, PAGE CANNOT BE DISPLAYED.
>>> > Check
>>> > your
>>> > internet connection.
>>> > My internet connect is fine. I talked to my IP and they tryed
>>> > difference
>>> > setting with firewall and had me check other things. He couldn't help.
>>> > I
>>> > called HP Support was on the phone with then for hours. They didn't
>>> > help.
>>> > All
>>> > HP support did was foulup my computer so I had to go into a full
>>> > recovery.
>>> > Checked with Help adn support person from Norton Security center, It
>>> > has
>>> > nothing to do with Nortron.
>>> > I talked to a friend of mine who asked a friend of his about this
>>> > problem.
>>> > He said there is a setting you have to change but he couldn't remember
>>> > what
>>> > it is.


Two software firewalls on the same computer can be problematic, but a
software firewall on the computer and a hardware firewall or a router with
NAT should not be a problem.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]