Solved - Java 8u101 update blocked by windows firewall

[DavidHB]

(15-08-2016 11:18)Glandwr Wrote:  This is Windows 10 Pro, see attached please

Your attachment is presumably from the page "Allow apps to communicate through Windows Firewall". It may be that the different entries are conflicting with each other. I'd close MinimServer, go to the page and remove all 4 entries, then attempt to restart MinimServer (or MinimWatch - I think that it's the same issue). You should then get the firewall warning dialog. Click to allow Java to load. The icon may still come up grey. If it does, close MinimServer/MinimWatch and restart it.

If no icon at all appears, open Task Manager, and look for the Java SE Binary process (it may have a MinimServer icon) and stop this process. Then try to restart MinimServer/MinimWatch. Good luck!

David