Re: Green Dot on Firewall client icon

From: Jim Harrison [MSFT] (jmharr_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/12/04 

Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 10:05:16 -0700

It means there's an active connection being handled by the Firewall Client.
It may have nothing at all to do with your browser; IM and other plug-ins make occasional connections as well. 

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"Mark S." <Mark S.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6FBC389B-E5DE-4CEC-99DF-811EEC7A7485@microsoft.com...
What does the green dot on the firewall client icon mean? It seems to appear when i got to certain web sites, but on other machines 
it appears more frequently.
Mark

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