Problems with Norton firewall settings

A friend of mine has a desktop computer with WinXPpro and Norton
Protection Center with antivirus and some firewall built in. Recently
he bought a laptop with VistaPremium installed on it and now he would
like to use a printer which is connected to the desktop computer. The
connection between both computers goes through a wifi modem/router.
The desktop is wired to the router and the laptop uses wifi. I can see
the laptop in the View Workgroup Computers but I cannot see the
desktop machine from the laptop so I can't get to the printer. From
the laptop's Network window I can only see the icon of the laptop and
when I get to Network and Sharing Center I can only see the laptop
connected to the router and further to the Internet and that's it. My
guess is the inbound firewall from Norton product is not allowing the
connection. But there is no way or at least I don't know of any to
change its settings. My friend doesn't want to have the access from
the desktop computer to the laptop but only the other way round just
to get to the printer.
Does anyone know what's the solution to this problem?
yaro

Re: Problems with Norton firewall settings

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>A friend of mine has a desktop computer with WinXPpro and Norton
> Protection Center with antivirus and some firewall built in. Recently
> he bought a laptop with VistaPremium installed on it and now he would
> like to use a printer which is connected to the desktop computer. The
> connection between both computers goes through a wifi modem/router.
> The desktop is wired to the router and the laptop uses wifi. I can see
> the laptop in the View Workgroup Computers but I cannot see the
> desktop machine from the laptop so I can't get to the printer. From
> the laptop's Network window I can only see the icon of the laptop and
> when I get to Network and Sharing Center I can only see the laptop
> connected to the router and further to the Internet and that's it. My
> guess is the inbound firewall from Norton product is not allowing the
> connection. But there is no way or at least I don't know of any to
> change its settings. My friend doesn't want to have the access from
> the desktop computer to the laptop but only the other way round just
> to get to the printer.
> Does anyone know what's the solution to this problem?

I have him get a wire printserver and plug it into a LAN port on the router.
The wired and wireless machines can use the printer, without the need of
accessing one or the other computer. Of course the software for the
printserver that should be installed on both computers should be Vista and
XP compatible.

Re: Problems with Norton firewall settings

yaro137@googlemail.com wrote:
[Norton InSecurity]
> Does anyone know what's the solution to this problem?

Yes. Remove it. If this does not work (common with this stuff), flatten
and rebuild.

Hopefully, removing will work.

Yours,
VB.
--
"Es muss darauf geachtet werden, dass das Grundgesetz nicht mit Methoden
geschützt wird, die seinem Ziel und seinem Geist zuwider sind."

Gustav Heinemann, "Freimütige Kritik und demokratischer Rechtsstaat"

Re: Problems with Norton firewall settings

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> Does anyone know what's the solution to this problem?

The retail version of Norton can play havoc with your pc. Uninstall it using
Norton's own uninstall tool
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/200 5033108162039
and get a refund :)
As suggested on the site, you may wish to print out the directions before
proceeding.

If this doesn't work use this:
http://www.revouninstaller.com/

While Norton's removal tool usually gets the job done, you may also want to
go to:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html
and download a copy of winsockxpfix just in case. Rarely, the removal of NIS
breaks the networking components in XP to the point where internet access is
impossible. This little utility will fix it back up.

Good luck :)

Re: Problems with Norton firewall settings

yaro137@googlemail.com wrote:
> Besides my friend paid for that software so he wouldn't like to just
> get rid of

Because he payed for pain, of course he doesn't want to miss the pain
he payed for. Aha. I understand.

Maybe you want to tell me the address of your friend, so I could offer a
small selection of lashes, too?

Yours,
VB.
--
"Es muss darauf geachtet werden, dass das Grundgesetz nicht mit Methoden
geschützt wird, die seinem Ziel und seinem Geist zuwider sind."

Gustav Heinemann, "Freimütige Kritik und demokratischer Rechtsstaat"

Re: Problems with Norton firewall settings

yaro137@googlemail.com wrote:
> A friend of mine has a desktop computer with WinXPpro and Norton
> Protection Center with antivirus and some firewall built in. Recently
> he bought a laptop with VistaPremium installed on it and now he would
> like to use a printer which is connected to the desktop computer. The
> connection between both computers goes through a wifi modem/router.
> The desktop is wired to the router and the laptop uses wifi. I can see
> the laptop in the View Workgroup Computers but I cannot see the
> desktop machine from the laptop so I can't get to the printer. From
> the laptop's Network window I can only see the icon of the laptop and
> when I get to Network and Sharing Center I can only see the laptop
> connected to the router and further to the Internet and that's it. My
> guess is the inbound firewall from Norton product is not allowing the
> connection. But there is no way or at least I don't know of any to
> change its settings. My friend doesn't want to have the access from
> the desktop computer to the laptop but only the other way round just
> to get to the printer.
> Does anyone know what's the solution to this problem?
> yaro
>
The best thing I did was to take the advice of people in this group and
uninstall Norton Internet Security from my computer. A host of problems
went away.

David A.