I wish I knew what was going on... I've even tried adding basic ports to go thru without exception and no go. disabled XP's firewall as well. I've uninstalled and reinstalled Panda many times, even going thru the registry and removing everything Panda related that got left behind before reinstalling with the same result every time. needless to say, I'm becoming very unimpressed by this piece of software that I had recommended. Message From: "David Weaver" <djweaver@xxxxxxxxx> : Got it running here just fine with sp2. what is going on? Have you = : checked : to make sure she doesn't have any rules that are keeping her from : connecting? -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk