If you mean the "Internet Connection Firewall" thingy that you access from the network connection options, then Nope, that's not the problem, because it's disabled.
Thanks for your help, Jacob > > Seeing this comment reminded me of some conversations I've seen in > comp.lang.python recently. Apparently newer versions of IDLE create a > subprocess to run user-code in (so that IDLE runs in a different > interpreter than the code you type into IDLE), and communicates with > that subprocess through sockets on the loopback interface (that is, > the 'network connection' that connects only to itself). Overly > aggressive firewall programs may block those socket operations. > > I'd check whether XP's built-in firewall is enabled, and if so, check > whether it might be blocking connections to loopback / localhost / > 127.0.0.1 (all of these indicate the same thing). > > Jeff Shannon > Technician/Programmer > Credit International > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
