JD- all my settings in network are already set as you specified. I tried netstat and it wont stay up longer than a millisecond definetly not long enough to read. ugh.

Doc- I tried adding port 8080 to my firewall. It acted like it accepted it but nothing changed so maybe I did something wrong. Port 80 is also enabled which I believe is just the mainstream 8080. Do you know whether 8080 comes in as an inbound or outbound TCP/IP or an inbound or outbound UDP. I know 80 is a TCP/IP. So I'm assuming 8080 is also but that setting doesnt seem to be working on my firewall. Neither do in fact. I'm somewhat frusterated. I might try uninstalling the Mcafee and windows security just to see if that is what is causing the problem. I have to figure out how to get into windows security first, it's been awhile since I've used it. Thanks for your help