Jonathan, Opening the ports in the firewall.

Hi Jonathan, My son is setting up a new "XP Home" computer; he wants to use
the XP Firewall and Windows Messenger Voice so he has opened 13 of the 14
ports mentioned in your webpage. However Port 3389 gives the message "The
port number is already used by another entry. Please enter a unique port
number".
Can you give any advice?
Derek Nicholson

Greetings Derek,

All those ports (including 3389) can be ignored except 6891-6900 (for file transfer), none of
those ports have anything to do with voice conversations (Windows Messenger will
automatically open the required ports for voice conversations in the firewall automatically).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Derek Nicholson" wrote in message
...
Hi Jonathan, My son is setting up a new "XP Home" computer; he wants to use
the XP Firewall and Windows Messenger Voice so he has opened 13 of the 14
ports mentioned in your webpage. However Port 3389 gives the message "The
port number is already used by another entry. Please enter a unique port
number".
Can you give any advice?
Derek Nicholson

Thank you Jonathan.
Derek
"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Greetings Derek,

All those ports (including 3389) can be ignored except 6891-6900 (for file
transfer), none of
those ports have anything to do with voice conversations (Windows
Messenger will
automatically open the required ports for voice conversations in the
firewall automatically).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Derek Nicholson" wrote in message
...
Hi Jonathan, My son is setting up a new "XP Home" computer; he wants to
use
the XP Firewall and Windows Messenger Voice so he has opened 13 of the
14
ports mentioned in your webpage. However Port 3389 gives the message
"The
port number is already used by another entry. Please enter a unique port
number".
Can you give any advice?
Derek Nicholson

Hi Derek,

You're very welcome =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Derek Nicholson" wrote in message
...
Thank you Jonathan.
Derek
"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Greetings Derek,

All those ports (including 3389) can be ignored except 6891-6900 (for file
transfer), none of
those ports have anything to do with voice conversations (Windows
Messenger will
automatically open the required ports for voice conversations in the
firewall automatically).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Derek Nicholson" wrote in message
...
Hi Jonathan, My son is setting up a new "XP Home" computer; he wants to
use
the XP Firewall and Windows Messenger Voice so he has opened 13 of the
14
ports mentioned in your webpage. However Port 3389 gives the message
"The
port number is already used by another entry. Please enter a unique port
number".
Can you give any advice?
Derek Nicholson