Mick,
I know it does but I've checked that product and all programs giving me
the problem have 'Full Access'. Also remember that this is an intermittent
problem which occurs several times a day. Nothing is changing in the firewall
settings between when all is working and when it is not.
"Mick Murphy" wrote:
> McAfee Security Centre has a firewall in it.
>
> "NickT" wrote:
>
> > I have a situation often when IE7, Skype and Live Messenger cannot connect to
> > the Internet (NB. Live Messenger reports a problem with Key Ports) yet Live
> > Mail, Firefox and Apple Safari can! IE7 can't even get out to my router IP
> > address to allow me to see if anything is wrong there. To get out of this I
> > either have to reboot my machine or reset the network adaptor but note that
> > not even these measures always work immediately. I'd really like to know what
> > the problem is and how I can solve it.
> >
> > My setup is as follows:-
> >
> > I have Vista Premium based PC connected via a Gigabit Ethernet cable to a
> > Netgear 802.11n Router that in turn is connected to a cable modem. I have
> > Mcafee Security Center running under Vista and Defender plus Vista firewalls
> > are turned off.
> >
> > I have other PCs in house connected wirelessly to the router and they do not
> > have problems.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >