Re: Why is MS Word is trying to connect to 127.0.0.1 ?

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Neil - I have three PCs connected to the router and they all connect to the
internet through that router. They all have ZoneAlarm and MS Office
Professional. It is only one of the PCs (mine) that demonstrates the
problem ie. the other two do not stimulate a ZoneAlarm alarm when opening
Office applications. On my PC only I have set ZoneAlarm to block all
connections to 127.0.0.1 Port 37962 and this is definitely successful. With
this ZoneAlarm block in place, I am still able to go to online templates or
other online features through MSWord.

I have looked on Google and have found references to a few others having
the same problem but there is no clear answer.

Many thanks for your help - if you have any other ideas they would be much
appreciated - Rob

"neil" <neilp_67@xxxxxxxxxxxx (remove_s)> wrote in message
news:5LGLe.3957$2C5.238@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> If your router connects all others on the network to the internet then
> blocking your PC will only affect your PC, if that's what you mean.
> Perhaps you could find out more about "port 37926" is used for.
> If you try to access online templates or other online features through
> Word does it still connect or is it blocked. Other than that I'm not sure
> what effect it will have.
>
> Neil


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