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Ok, fixed.

As usual with things that are bizarre it was both simple and weird. After trying everything sensible and semi-sensible I slowly moved to the downright stupid. I run Viper as my antivirus as it has a small footprint and just gets on with the job quietly. I had the firewall on it turned off as I use a hardware firewall at the WAN level and so happy without firewalls inside. For no reason other than I'd not tried it, I turned it on allowing MP and MySql throught - hey presto, what problem!??? It just worked.

How bizarre is that. Windoze 10 was stating quite adamantly - almost shouting - that my computer was at risk as I had no firewall. I'd tried turning it/defender on and off to no avail. Yet, turn on the third party firewall, allowing MP through, and all was good!!! My guess is that there is - yet another - bug in W10 around the defender firewall and latest update that makes it misreport that it is off whereas it is actually on. Turning the 3rd party firewall really does turn off the defender firewall and hence allowing MP/MySql through when allowed.

- Just incase it helps any other unfortunate Microsoft customer (I actually only run Windows at home now for Media Portal - which I must repeat is fab)

<blockquote data-quote="Mat Walker" data-source="post: 1239404" data-attributes="member: 148753">Ok, fixed.As usual with things that are bizarre it was both simple and weird.&nbsp; After trying everything sensible and semi-sensible I slowly moved to the downright stupid.&nbsp; I run Viper as my antivirus as it has a small footprint and just gets on with the job quietly.&nbsp; I had the firewall on it turned off as I use a hardware firewall at the WAN level and so happy without firewalls inside.&nbsp; For no reason other than I'd not tried it, I turned it on allowing MP and MySql throught - hey presto, what problem!???&nbsp; It just worked.How bizarre is that.&nbsp; Windoze 10 was stating quite adamantly - almost shouting - that my computer was at risk as I had no firewall.&nbsp; I'd tried turning it/defender on and off to no avail.&nbsp; Yet, turn on the third party firewall, allowing MP through, and all was good!!!&nbsp; My guess is that there is - yet another - bug in W10 around the defender firewall and latest update that makes it misreport that it is off whereas it is actually on.&nbsp; Turning the 3rd party firewall really does turn off the defender firewall and hence allowing MP/MySql through when allowed.- Just incase it helps any other unfortunate Microsoft customer <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; (I actually only run Windows at home now for Media Portal - which I must repeat is fab)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mat Walker, post: 1239404, member: 148753"] Ok, fixed. As usual with things that are bizarre it was both simple and weird. After trying everything sensible and semi-sensible I slowly moved to the downright stupid. I run Viper as my antivirus as it has a small footprint and just gets on with the job quietly. I had the firewall on it turned off as I use a hardware firewall at the WAN level and so happy without firewalls inside. For no reason other than I'd not tried it, I turned it [B][I]on [/I][/B]allowing MP and MySql throught - hey presto, what problem!??? It just worked. How bizarre is that. Windoze 10 was stating quite adamantly - almost shouting - that my computer was at risk as I had no firewall. I'd tried turning it/defender on and off to no avail. Yet, turn on the third party firewall, allowing MP through, and all was good!!! My guess is that there is - yet another - bug in W10 around the defender firewall and latest update that makes it misreport that it is off whereas it is actually on. Turning the 3rd party firewall really does turn off the defender firewall and hence allowing MP/MySql through when allowed. - Just incase it helps any other unfortunate Microsoft customer :-) (I actually only run Windows at home now for Media Portal - which I must repeat is fab) [/QUOTE]