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    Office Live Workspace and Vista Firewall

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by ToxicBanana, Mar 30, 2008.

  1. ToxicBanana

    ToxicBanana Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    Is anyone using the Office Live Workspace add-in and Vista Firewall? I have outbound filtering setup for Office 07 applications, but the firewall still blocks the add-in.

    I posted the same question twice in the Office Live support forums without any help. I also contacted their support, but they told me I needed to contact Vista support, which is not free. The MS team seems not to care about having their 2 products work together - I guess I'm the only one who uses Vista firewall.
     
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    I tried using outbound blocking on Vista firewall, but I could never get it working right. It would either block everything or nothing. However, the idea is you add an "Allow" rule for each program that needs to access the internet.
     
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    I have no problem with Vista Firewall. I'll admit, it can be a pain to setup outbound filtering, but it seems to work.
    The problem I have is that the "add-in" for Office Live Workspaces is installed into Office applications. I cannot find an executable or service to create an outbound rule. I suppose I could install another firewall, but I would prefer not to.
     
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