Today I installed Windows XP Service Pack 2. On the first re-boot, it asked me if I wanted to allow FileMaker Pro 7 access to the Internet, and I responded "yes". But when I started FMP7 it took a longer than normal time to start, and informed me that it could not start the Instant Web Publisher - before FMP7 did, in fact, start - without, it turns out, IWP capability.

I then tried to share a database that had previously been shared, and it would not let me, giving me a pop-up error message saying that I could not share on the Internet because Instant Web Publishing had not been installed.

But when I checked the firewall section on XP's newly installed Security Console, FileMaker Pro was clearly listed as an application that had been allowed to communicate with the Internet.

Does anyone know what I have to do to make it work again. (IWP was fine before XP Service Pack 2!)

I have also tried un-installing and re-installing FMP7, but that causes it to tell me that "Filemaker cannot share files because another user is already sharing files using FileMaker Pro on this computer" as soon as I open my database.

Thanks.

You may have to check the Firewall again for specific port permissions. Check which port you have FM IWP running on, then check if that port is allowed through the Firewall.

Good Luck.

Garry