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[simoncn]

(02-06-2013 18:09)mbovaird Wrote:  Hi Simon - I checked and I believe my firewall is off. See attached. Sorry, I'm not a Windows guy. I find Windows 8 extremely frustrating to say the least.

Mike

The screenshot shows the following:

Incoming connections: Block all connections to apps that are not on the list of allowed apps

This might be the cause of the problem. If so, you would need to either disable incoming connection blocking or add Java to the list of allowed apps. I suggest you start by disabling incoming connection blocking to see whether this solves the problem.

I'm using Windows 7, so I'm unable to give you specific instructions for how to do this on Windows 8. On my machine, selecting Advanced Settings > Inbound Rules gives me the attached screenshot. I'm running with the Windows firewall enabled.

One more thought: do you have any other firewall or antivirus software running on the machine? If so, you could try disabling it to see if this helps.