Having trouble with my Norton Firewall!!!

TechCom0018 · 06-08-2008, 10:11 PM

I can't seem to help my parents printing problems. My mother has a HP PSC All-In One printer connected to her Dell desktop, which has Windows XP, and neither her laptop, which has Windows Vista, or my father's laptop, which also has Windows XP, can't print to the desktop's printer via wireless network because of Norton 360's Firewall. I've tried temporarily shutdown her Norton's Firewall then connecting the 2 laptop's to the desktop's printer then I enabled Norton 360 Firewall. It works for a while, but then the Firewall always seems to block the 2 laptop again. Also every time my parents wanted to print something the desktop and the printer were on. So can anybody help me fix this problem?

G25r8cer · 06-08-2008, 10:42 PM

^^ Thats norton for you. Seriously Norton has to be the worst antivirus! I suggest you get AVG or if your willing to pay then get Nod32 by ESET.

xroxis01 · 06-08-2008, 10:47 PM

yeah yeah norton sucks.... just use the windows firewall

Punk · 06-08-2008, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by g25racer

^^ Thats norton for you. Seriously Norton has to be the worst antivirus! I suggest you get AVG or if your willing to pay then get Nod32 by ESET.

Quote:

Originally Posted by xroxis01

yeah yeah norton sucks.... just use the windows firewall

Two false statements:

1) Norton doesn't suck, I use it, never been infected. Norton 2008 has one of the best scanners if not The best scanner. The only bad part is the ressource hog. That's all

2) None of your comments have helped the guy.

To TechCom0018:

Try disabling it totally and see if it works. If it does, it's Norton, if it doesn't, it's not Norton.

G25r8cer · 06-09-2008, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Punk

Two false statements:

1) Norton doesn't suck, I use it, never been infected. Norton 2008 has one of the best scanners if not The best scanner. The only bad part is the ressource hog. That's all

2) None of your comments have helped the guy.

To TechCom0018:

Try disabling it totally and see if it works. If it does, it's Norton, if it doesn't, it's not Norton.

Your so funny!! Norton sucks major

Punk · 06-09-2008, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by g25racer

Your so funny!! Norton sucks major

Yeah good argument!

Damn you were right, thanks for the clarification!

GameMaster · 07-17-2008, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by g25racer

Your so funny!! Norton sucks major

I can't understand why are you arguing with Punk. Can you tell me how long were you using Norton for? You didn't? Alright. For you, the thread is /thread.

TechCom0018 · 06-08-2008, 10:47 PM

Thanks for the advice g25racer, but do you have any advice on how to fix my printer/firewall problem?

G25r8cer · 06-08-2008, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by TechCom0018

Thanks for the advice g25racer, but do you have any advice on how to fix my printer/firewall problem?

It probably doesnt have anything to with the firewall. Anyways, are you sure you disabled it right? Try disabling it in msconfig both the services and the startup. Was the other pc on?

TechCom0018 · 06-09-2008, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by g25racer

It probably doesnt have anything to with the firewall. Anyways, are you sure you disabled it right? Try disabling it in msconfig both the services and the startup. Was the other pc on?

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Originally Posted by Punk

To TechCom0018:

Try disabling it totally and see if it works. If it does, it's Norton, if it doesn't, it's not Norton.

The way I disabled Norton 360's Firewall is I went into Norton's Firewall settings and clicked turn off firewall for about 15 minutes. I haven't disabled it by shutting down Norton 360, by killing the processor via Task Manager, or by using msconfig.

06-08-2008, 10:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
TechCom0018 Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 24 Posts: 131	Having trouble with my Norton Firewall!!! I can't seem to help my parents printing problems. My mother has a HP PSC All-In One printer connected to her Dell desktop, which has Windows XP, and neither her laptop, which has Windows Vista, or my father's laptop, which also has Windows XP, can't print to the desktop's printer via wireless network because of Norton 360's Firewall. I've tried temporarily shutdown her Norton's Firewall then connecting the 2 laptop's to the desktop's printer then I enabled Norton 360 Firewall. It works for a while, but then the Firewall always seems to block the 2 laptop again. Also every time my parents wanted to print something the desktop and the printer were on. So can anybody help me fix this problem?

06-08-2008, 10:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
G25r8cer Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Zeeland, MI Posts: 4,821	^^ Thats norton for you. Seriously Norton has to be the worst antivirus! I suggest you get AVG or if your willing to pay then get Nod32 by ESET. __________________ My Rig Antec 300 w/Scyth Kaze Master Asus M4A785TD-V EVO Phenom II 955BE w/ CoolerMaster V8 @ 3.8GHZ 2 x 2gb Gskill DDR3 1600mhz Ultra X-Finity 600watt psu Samsung F3 500gb and F1 750gb XFX 8600gt XXX will be 5850 soon Logitech G25, Illuminated, and MX Revo Team Stats FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND F@H Team 44358

06-08-2008, 10:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
xroxis01 Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 130	yeah yeah norton sucks.... just use the windows firewall __________________ HELLO

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06-08-2008, 10:47 PM	#8 (permalink)
TechCom0018 Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 24 Posts: 131	Thanks for the advice g25racer, but do you have any advice on how to fix my printer/firewall problem?