Thanks heaps BaNzI & lukor, greatly appreciated!! I may not go bald after all ;D

BaNzI, I have the global Allow loopback rule checked, that ok?

Would it be possible to set a global rule (as follows) instead of a localhost rule for each app. that accesses the net, or would that be opening a can of worms?

Custom Global Loopback Rule

TCP
Outbound and Packet Type: Local
Remote Host: localhost (127.0.0.1)
Remote Port: 12080
Allow

Thanks again. :wink:

Sido.