Windows Firewall and ShixxNOTE
If you have Windows Firewall activated on your computer and it is “On”, after ShixxNOTE program first start you will probably get Windows Security Alert dialog. If you have Windows 7 installed then you will get dialog (first picture above) asking you to allow access to ShixxNOTE program ; if you have Windows XP then dialog (second picture) will appear asking you to unblock program (check the picture above). This is normal because ShixxNOTE is multi-thread client/server application (LAN messenger). You can send note and receive notes to others in your LAN. For sending and receiving notes ShixxNOTE program communication port must be open. So if you get this dialog you have to click on Unblock or Allow access button to enable sending and receiving note(s) feature. After you click Allow access (Windows Vista/7) or Unblock (Windows XP) ShixxNOTE program will be added in Windows Firewall – Exceptions dialog and will work properly in your network.
If you have Windows 7 installed then you can open Windows Firewall with Advanced Security dialog and if you allowed access to program you will get dialog like picture bellow.
Windows 7 Firewall Advanced Settings
If you click Cancel or Keep Blocking button then you will not be able to receive notes from others. Because Windows Firewall will block incoming note data for ShixxNOTE program.
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Wow that was odd. I just wrote an incredibly long comment but after I clicked submit my comment didn’t appear.
Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again. Anyhow,
just wanted to say fantastic blog!
I am glad that you like blog about my program ShixxNOTE … I am sorry that you didn’t commit all comment. Can you write it again I would like to read what do you think about Windows Firewall and security. Especially if you know how ShixxNOTE works.
This site was… how do I say it? Relevant!! Finally I have found something wwhich helped me.
Thanks!
Thank you. I wanted to write about ShixxNOTE users who have problems with sending or receiving notes because of Windows Firewall. Now on Windows 10 it is even harder to configure my program because Windows 10 alert you that this is server/client program and that want to use port 2000, and many users doesn’t know about TCP/IP protocol and then they uninstall program because of Windows warnings.