Correct, there is a way to allow LAN through the NORTON Firewall, but
I'll need to research the IP addresses to all the other machines
and then their individual names or ID's..
Currently I do not know that information.

That's totally ridiculous. Norton should be telling out what the devices
are and asking whether you wish to access them or not rather than you having
to establish the IPs and names of the devices you want to connect to. If
for some reason you feel the need for a third party firewall you can do very
much better than use the insane offering from Symantec you have installed at
present. Personally I use the XP, Vista or Win 7 firewalls and never used a
firewall with Win Me, with my router's SPI & NAT firewall being my primary
line of defence.
--
Mike Maltby



Rockytsquirrel wrote:

Greetings Mike,
Correct, there is a way to allow LAN through the NORTON Firewall, but
I'll need to research the IP addresses to all the other machines
and then their individual names or ID's..
Currently I do not know that information. It then is added to an
exception page in the NORTONS firewall setup.
However, I was able to access the ME machine I wanted by shutting down
the NORTON firewall.
That 1 hour access saved me 4 hours of copy and paste via flash
drive.. ;-)

Tks to all who offered help and advice.
I think I'm beginning to get a feel for this win 7..
( and even the NORTONS which has a grip on it..) LOL