Withe problems I am having making a connection using PCAnywhere it has been suggested that a recent update (Windows XP) may have some how installed a Firewal or some such filtering device which compromises PCanywhere.
Anyone throw any light
Service Pack 2 installs a firewall.
In control panel you can change the Internet Security firewall to open ports. The easy way to test is simply turn the Firewall completely off. Then see if PCA works.
SP2 adds in a firewall. If you already have a firewall installed that is SP2 aware, then you probably won't need to make any changes.
From a Symantec support note, if you have version 10.5 or newer, it will update the firewall settings as needed if you log on as an Administrator, start pcAnywhere, and answer a few prompts.
Otherwise, here are a few articles on configuring the firewall with PCAnywhwere:
No. SP2 starts the packet filter that already was installed since RTM.
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