Re: Norton firewall 2005 and IIS services

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I'd try going into the firewall, removing all rules and running a program
scan to create all new rules.


"bg" <bg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a problem, a computer with XPpro, all updates complete. Also have
>NIS
> 2005 installed with all the updates. Since day one it has brought the
> booting of this computer to its knees. Takes forever and I know it is the
> firewall, because when I turn it off, the computer boots straight away. I
> figured out what the problem is. For some reason, according to the event
> log, it must be blocking IIS services, because the error messages say FTP,
> SMTP and web publishing hung on starting and IIS shortcut just freezes the
> computer. Services show they are stuck on starting. When I turn the
> firewall off, everything loads fine. I've tried reinstalling Norton but
> same
> thing happens. I have looked all thru configurations and created rules
> for
> permitting Microsoft Internet Information Services, but nothing works. I
> know the obvious solution is to get rid of Norton but i was wondering if
> there is any way around this? Symantec are bloody useless at any relevant
> information because of course their product never causes problems. I am
> ready to scream.
>
> Any suggestions? Please if you tell me to configure Norton to do
> something,
> please be specific under which menu I find it. I've read a few solutions
> but
> haven't been able to find where they are talking about.
>
> Thank you and have a merry Xmas!!


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