Yet another greyed out Minimwatch icon

[jrobbins50]

(04-09-2015 12:32)simoncn Wrote:  

(04-09-2015 03:04)jrobbins50 Wrote:  OK, thank you.

An odd result. The first time I disabled the firewall, the app went green and I could see all the various options functioning. To re-test, I exited and turned the firewall back on. It didn't work -- grey again. But, each time after that I have turned the firewall off, it no longer goes green. Thoughts?

Meanwhile, here is the ipconfig:

The ipconfig output looks OK. I think this is probably a firewall issue. In Windows Firewall, select "Advanced settings" and open the list of Inbound Rules. Are there any blocked entries for Java Platform SE binary?

Good and bad news.

First, the good. Two of the SE binary entries were blocked. I shut off the rules for both and Minimwatch went green!

Now, the bad. Figuring that I should open only those rules required to get Minimwatch to work, I re-enabled the block on each individually, but got grey. And then I re-shut off the block on each -- and now it still stays grey. I even changed the settings from turning off the block to enabling the connection (secure or not) for both items and I'm still getting grey.

I rebooted the PC, thinking that might help. No luck.

It's obviously the firewall, but I don't understand why it works just once.

Thoughts? JCR