Tonic & 5milesbaby
learning slowly, I've learned that you can be running a firewall when you least expect it. For example norton has a built in firewall and a lot of people have had success after removing it. I haven't gone quite that far yet but will soon if I don't find something more positive. The thing stopping me from going down that track is both machines are loaded with the same software but one works while the other doesn't.
a site worth visiting is
this one
Will keep at it though.