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    Skype and Vista Firewall

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Synthesia, Sep 26, 2007.

  1. Synthesia

    Synthesia Notebook Evangelist

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    Clean installed Vista about a week ago and installed the latest Skype version on it, it works fine and all, but I keep having to manual readd (tick the box) Skype to the Windows Firewall Exceptions List every time Windows loads up, if I don't I can't make an outward call. Anybody else have this problem and/or has a fix for this?
     
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    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Nope, I installed Skype and don't remember even telling the firewall it was OK. Wait let me check... yep I guess I did have to tell it so. It is marked with a check on the "exceptions" tab. Maybe try going into the firewall setting via the control panel. Not sure why you'd have to do that though.

    Gary
     
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    Yea thats what I did, the thing the box keeps on unchecking itself every time Windows restarts :S
     
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    VERY VERY STANGE indeed!

    Are you on a corporate network of some sort, logging into a domain by any chance?

    Gary
     
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    Nops, connected straight to the net.
     
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