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What should I do in Windows Firewall to get Gizmo working ? [Solved]

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Ton:
I was too soon. I thought it was solved, but after rebooting I have the same problem.
I don't understand it. Even when Media Center is set to "Any Port" it doesn't work.
Have to give up, I think, this is too complicated for me. Probably I would not use Gizmo that much, but I can't stand it that it doesn't work.

Btw, I also tried to remove MC 17 from Windows Firewall and after that I got the question if I wanted to allow MC to connect etc. I said yes, but still no success with Gizmo.

bob:
Maybe you have more than one firewall? Zone alarm, McAfee, etc?

JimH:
More than one isn't good.

Ton:
No I didn't have another firewall installed. But meanwhile I installed Zone Alarm (and Windows Firewall was disabled automatically). Then Zone Alarm asked me a few times to allow MC (after starting MC and enabling Media Network) and after saying Yes it works again.
So something weird is going on in Windows Firewall. I think I leave it disabled and use ZA instead.

Ton:
I think I have found meanwhile what the cause was: Windows Live Essentials !
With my Archos tablet I could not connect to my pc (shared folders) because I was asked for a user name and password although I had disabled "password" for the network. Searching for a solution for this I found a post in an Archos forum saying that Windows Live Essentials probably was the cause and that uninstalling that could solve it. I uninstalled Windows Live Essentials and it worked. But to my surprise I could also use Gizmo with Windows Firewall enabled (and ZoneAlarm uninstalled).
So this may be of interest for others having problems.

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