Hey all--

I've been having trouble connecting to a friend online when playing online games. We both run windows XP when we play this, and basically what I was wondering was whether or not a built in firewall in the operating system might be the problem. My friend and I agree that it could be a possibility but when I read the XP booklet, it said nothing of it (or I overlooked it)? So here's my overall question... Does XP have an inbuilt firewall that could be causing connection problems relating to this situation? If so then how do I disable it? I also run ZoneAlarm but I know how take that one off. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

--Peace