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I have an issue whereby I have a web application installed on one of my Windows Server 2003 virtual machines that has a database held on a local copy of SQL Express 2005.

This has been working fine - I installed the application find and it created the database in SQL, and the software has been operating fine since.

It has just stopped working as a result of me troubleshooting another part of it, but here's the wierd thing - the thing that has broken it is DISABLING the Windows firewall service on my local machine. It is a Windows 7 machine if that makes a difference.

I had the firewall turned off anyway but I know that it can still sometimes affect traffice. Does anyone know what could have caused this problem? The application communicates with the SQL server on port 1433.

Thanks in advance!

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What VM software are you using and what kind of networking is it configured for? – squillman Jun 30 '11 at 14:20
So you are saying that disabling the firewall on your Windows 7 workstation has broken the asp.net app which runs on a separate Windows 2003 server? Is the VM running within your Windows 7 workstation? – mrdenny♦ Jun 30 '11 at 20:58
Thanks for your replies. I have taken that VM back to a different snapshot and it is now working. Wierd problem though, the VM was running locally. – 5lovak Aug 19 '11 at 9:20
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