Quote Originally Posted by sledger View Post
Have you disabled your AV suite and tried? McAfee/Symantec/VET/Norman etc - many contain their own firewalls. XP's own firewall is unlikely to be the problem in anycase.
Process of elimination may find the problem, disable (one at a time) anything that you have running which requires an internet connection (instant messengers, limewire etc, bit torrent, voip and so on..
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