"Charlie" <Charlie@nowhere.com> hath wroth:

>The Windows firewall is turned off and no other firewall is running on the
>system.

Are you sure? If you had for example Norton Internet Security
installed and configured for direct internet access, it would require
adding an additional "zone" for the local LAN IP block. If this
wasn't done, or was set to intentionally consider the local LAN as
insecure, the symptoms would be exactly as you describe. Try
installing Startup Inpsector for Windoze:
http://www.WindowsStartup.com
and see what's starting on your machine.

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