Niall - that was funny LOL As a side note, Windows 2008 has firewalls within the firewall (for lack of a better way to describe it). You have: a. Domain Profile Windows Firewall On|Off b. Private Profile Windows Firewall On|Off c. Public Profile Windows Firewall On|Off You can create rules for any servers / ports you want but you have to make sure that it gets applied across all 3 profiles. Chris Taylor Sr. Oracle DBA Ingram Barge Company Nashville, TN 37205 "Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort." -- John Ruskin (English Writer 1819-1900) CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete the contents of this message without disclosing the contents to anyone, using them for any purpose, or storing or copying the information on any medium. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Niall Litchfield Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 3:15 PM To: RStorey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Slow GC response for x64 bit 2008 Interesting.. must be a leaky firewall.. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l